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Francesco Primaticcio

11 works

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Brown ink and wash drawing of a goddess on a chariot beside a peacock, with reclining nude figures below.

Copy after Primaticcio's Juno Awakening Sleep

after 1535

Red chalk drawing of a centaur carrying a draped woman, with a bearded figure above and a standing woman at left.

Centaur and Lapith

about 1540

Pen and wash drawing of three nude male figures at a forge, the central one raising a hammer beside an anvil.

Vulcan at His Forge

about 1550

Red chalk drawing with white highlights showing studies of arms, hands and a bearded figure's head on a tan ground.

Study of God the Father with Angels

about 1555-1560

Pen and brown ink drawing of two nude women carrying a third figure, with a small dog at lower right.

Two Nymphs Carrying a Third

ca. 1547

Ink and white chalk drawing on grey paper of three standing male figures in draped robes, studied from different angles.

Three Standing Figures

16th century

Red chalk drawing of mythological figures, a bearded seated man and draped woman, with helmeted warriors above, in a spandrel

Apple of Discord Thrown by Eris at the Marriage of Peleus and Thetis: Study for Fresco in the Hall of Henri II at Fou…

1504-70

Red chalk drawing of Vulcan at a forge with a fire and anvil, surrounded by winged putti in a pendentive-shaped composition.

Vulcan Forging the Darts of Cupid

1552-56

Red chalk drawing of a battle scene with armored warriors, a chariot, and fallen nude figures on the ground.

Ulysses and His Companions Fighting the Cicones Before the City of Ismaros, Study for a Destroyed Fresco in the Galer…

1555-60

Pen and ink drawing of a draped female figure pointing to a crescent moon with two infants beside her and a tree.

Classical Female Figure (Diana or Venus) with Two Infants

ca. 1539-42