Apollo, Pan, and a putto blowing a horn, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the ceiling of the Ulysses Gallery (destroyed 1738-39) at Fontainebleau

Giorgio Ghisi Italian
 After Francesco Primaticcio Italian

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This engraving depicting the contest between Pan and Apollo is based on one of four frescoes—the other three represent groups of Muses—that surrounded a central depiction of Venus and the Fates on the vault of the Galerie d'Ulisse at Fontainebleau. Given the planetary symbolism of the ceiling, known today only through descriptions, prints, and drawings, it seems likely that the music making here is associated with the harmonies of the cosmos.

Apollo, Pan, and a putto blowing a horn, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the ceiling of the Ulysses Gallery (destroyed 1738-39) at Fontainebleau, Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, Mantua ca. 1520–1582 Mantua), Engraving

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Apollo, Pan, and a putto blowing a horn, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the ceiling of the Ulysses Gallery (destroyed 1738-39) at Fontainebleau, Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, Mantua ca. 1520–1582 Mantua), Engraving
Apollo, Pan, and a putto blowing a horn, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the ceiling of the Ulysses Gallery (destroyed 1738-39) at Fontainebleau, Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, Mantua ca. 1520–1582 Mantua), Engraving
Apollo, Pan, and a putto blowing a horn, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the ceiling of the Ulysses Gallery (destroyed 1738-39) at Fontainebleau, Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, Mantua ca. 1520–1582 Mantua), Engraving
Apollo, Pan, and a putto blowing a horn, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the ceiling of the Ulysses Gallery (destroyed 1738-39) at Fontainebleau, Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, Mantua ca. 1520–1582 Mantua), Engraving

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