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Pluto, Neptune, Minerva and Apollo, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the ceiling of the Ulysses Gallery (destroyed 1738–39) at Fontainebleau

After Francesco Primaticcio Italian
1560s
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Pluto, Neptune, Minerva and Apollo, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the ceiling of the Ulysses Gallery (destroyed 1738–39) at Fontainebleau
  • Artist: Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, Mantua ca. 1520–1582 Mantua)
  • Artist: After Francesco Primaticcio (Italian, Bologna 1504/5–1570 Paris)
  • Date: 1560s
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: sheet: 6 15/16 x 9 5/16 in. (17.6 x 23.7 cm) platemark
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
  • Object Number: 49.95.1887
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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