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France / Fontainebleau / Château / Galerie d'Ulysse (destroyed) / Compartment 10

LITERATURE

Ancient / Homer / Odyssey / Cycles / 16th century (Middle) - Fontainebleau, Galerie d'Ulysse (Primaticcio and Niccolò dell'Abate) / Copies attributed to Primaticcio's workshop
Ancient / Homer / Odyssey / Book X: Ulysses recounts his adventures (Aeolus, Laestrygonians, Circe) / vv. 275-308 (also Ovid, Metamorphoses, XIV, 290-292): Mercury gives Ulysses the herb Moly
Ancient / Homer / Odyssey / Book X: Ulysses recounts his adventures (Aeolus, Laestrygonians, Circe) / vv. 316-317 (also Ovid, Metamorphoses, XIV, 295): Circe tries in vain to poison Ulysses
Ancient / Homer / Odyssey / Book X: Ulysses recounts his adventures (Aeolus, Laestrygonians, Circe) / vv. 323-346: The defeated Circe at Ulysses's feet
Ancient / Homer / Odyssey / Book X: Ulysses recounts his adventures (Aeolus, Laestrygonians, Circe) / v. 347: Ulysses and Circe in bed together

Further details

In this auction, three out of six known panels were sold.

Artist or creator

Primaticcio, Francesco (1504-1570) (workshop)

Date

16th century (middle) - 16th century (second half)

Location

Paris, Nouveau Drouot (salle 5 et 6) (Auction sold by Libert et Castor, lot 65)

Auction

Nouveau Drouot (salle 5 et 6) [22/11/1985]

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

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