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Giorgio Ghisi|Francesco Primaticcio

Hercules, Bacchus, Pan, and another god seated on a cloud under an arch, an oval composition, from a series of eight compositions after Francesco Primaticcio's designs for the ceiling of the Ulysses Gallery (destroyed 1738-39) at Fontainebleau

ca. 1560–69
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18 × 24 cm (7.1 × 9.4 in)

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