Three Muses and a putto above with a lyre, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the ceiling of the Ulysses Gallery (destroyed 1738-39) at Fontainebleau
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
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: 1560s
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: sheet: 11 1/4 x 6 7/16 in. (28.5 x 16.3 cm) borderline
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession year: 1949
Tags: Musical Instruments|Muses