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, 1560s, Engraving, sheet: 11 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. (29.8 x 16.5 cm), Prints, Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, Mantua ca. 1520–1582 Mantua), After Francesco Primaticcio (Italian, Bologna 1504/5–1570 Paris), 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
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Apollo, Pan, putto blowing, horn, series, eight compositions, Francesco Primaticcio, designs, ceiling, Ulysses Gallery, destroyed 1738-39, Fontainebleau, 1560s, Engraving, sheet, 11 3/4 x 6 1/2, 29.8 16.5 cm, Prints, Giorgio Ghisi, Italian, Mantua ca., 1520–1582, Mantua, After Francesco, Bologna, 1504/5–1570, Paris, engraving, depicting, contest, based, four frescoes—, three represent, groups, Muses— surrounded, central depiction, Venus, Fates, vault, Galerie d'Ulisse
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