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Giorgio Ghisi|Francesco Primaticcio

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

1560s
Engraving
28.5 × 16.3 cm (11.2 × 6.4 in)

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