Art, literature & history
Ulysses deriding Polyphemus - Homer's Odyssey
1829
- Dating
- Exact year
- Made in
- British Isles; London
- Held at
- National Gallery
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 132.5 × 203 cm
- Collection no.
- NG508
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- Public domainLicense details
J. M. W. Turner. Ulysses deriding Polyphemus - Homer's Odyssey. Image credit: J. M. W. Turner; Source credit: [1]. Public domain (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/). Proportional resize and JPEG compression; full source frame retained.
Collection: National Gallery
About this artwork
Official collection metadata; attribution follows named catalogue, not an independent authenticity determination. Holdings are not ownership or current display. API limits: selected accessioned main-collection paintings with a single current direct artist attribution. Source processed timestamp is not treated as a curatorial update. No display assertion or image imported. Attribution: primary Collection credit: Turner Bequest, 1856.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.