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Lot description
Giorgio Ghisi, after Francesco Primaticcio, Italian 1520-1582, and Italian 1504-1570- Three Muses and a Gesturing Putto; engraving on laid paper, third state, signed with initials and inscribed 'FRAN. BOL. IN. / G MAF' (within the plate, lower centre), 29.3 x 17.3 cm. Provenance: with The Rowley Gallery, London. Private Collection, UK. Note: 'This engraving is one in a series of four that reproduces the decoration on the ceiling of the Gallery of Ulysses at Fontainebleau, the summer residence of Francis I of France (1494−1547), which was constructed and decorated by Italian artists in the mid-sixteenth century. Although the ornate gallery was destroyed in the eighteenth century, Ghisi’s prints help to re-create its original design by the artist Francesco Primaticcio. The chamber’s ceiling was divided into fifteen vaulted compartments, each containing a central image surrounded by multiple scenes; this series of engravings reproduces the decoration from the fourth vault, which featured at its center the goddess Venus and the three Fates. The composition’s unique form points to the shape of the ceiling panels. The series was likely produced during Ghisi’s French sojourn and was originally printed in Paris.' (Los Angeles County Museum of Art).