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Giorgio Ghisi|Francesco Primaticcio

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

1560s
Engraving
17.6 × 23.7 cm (6.9 × 9.3 in)

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