The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis
The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis is a painting of 1818 by Jacques-Louis David, now in the J. Paul Getty Museum. It was commissioned by Count Franz Erwein von Schönborn-Wiesentheid during David's exile in Brussels. It depicts Telemachus and Eucharis, two characters in François Fénelon's 1699 novel Les Aventures de Télémaque, inspired by Homer's Odyssey. The artist's last painting of a couple from mythology, it is a pendant painting to his Love and Psyche.
Bibliography[]
- Helmut Engelhart, "The Early History of Jacques-Louis David's The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis ", The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal, vol. 24, 1996, pp. 21–43
- Mary Vidal, "David's 'Telemachus and Eucharis' : Reflections on love, learning and history" in The Art Bulletin, December 2000.
Categories:
- Paintings by Jacques-Louis David
- 1818 paintings
- Paintings in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum
- Paintings based on the Odyssey
- Works based on Les Aventures de Télémaque