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Giorgio Ghisi|Francesco Primaticcio

Hercules, Bacchus, Pan, and Saturn, 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
17.7 × 23.9 cm (7 × 9.4 in)

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