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

Giorgio Ghisi|Francesco Primaticcio · Italian|Italian

Date: 1560s

Medium: Engraving

Dimensions: sheet: 6 15/16 x 9 1/4 in. (17.7 x 23.5 cm) trimmed to oval and laid down

Classification: Prints

Themes: Apollo, Minerva, Neptune, Pluto

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917

Date range

1560 – 1569

Largest dimension

23.5 cm

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