Three Muses seated below a flying putto who grasps a lyre with both hands, a cruciform composition, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the ceiling of the Gallery of Ulysses (destroyed 1738-39) at Fontainebleau
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the ceiling of the Gallery of Ulysses (destroyed 1738-39) at Fontainebleau
Artist: Giorgio Ghisi|Francesco Primaticcio
Artist bio: Italian, Mantua ca. 1520–1582 Mantua|Italian, Bologna 1504/5–1570 Paris
Artist role: Artist|Artist
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian
Date: ca. 1560–69
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: sheet: 11 1/2 x 6 5/8 in. (29.2 x 16.9 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession year: 2012
Tags: Musical Instruments|Reading|Muses