Artworks · Francesco Primaticcio

Return of Agamemnon

1700 · Black chalk, with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white (partly oxidized), on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

22.9 × 19.8 cm (9 1/16 × 7 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ulysses and His Companions Fighting the Cicones Before the City of Ismaros, Study for a Destroyed Fresco in the Galerie d'Ulysee, Chateau de Fontainebleau

1555 · Red chalk highlighted with white gouache, on red-washed paper

9 1/2 x 12 9/16in. (24.1 x 31.9cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ulysses and His Companions Fighting the Cicones Before the City of Ismaros, Study for a Destroyed Fresco in the Galerie d'Ulysee, Chateau de Fontainebleau

1555 · Red chalk highlighted with white gouache, on red-washed paper

9 1/2 x 12 9/16in. (24.1 x 31.9cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vulcan Forging the Darts of Cupid

1552 · Red chalk, highlighted with white gouache, on brownish paper

13-7/16 x 17-3/16 in. (34.1 x 43.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vulcan Forging the Darts of Cupid

1552 · Red chalk, highlighted with white gouache, on brownish paper

13-7/16 x 17-3/16 in. (34.1 x 43.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sacrifice of a Bull

1550 · Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white, over traces of black chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

25.1 × 13.7 cm (9 15/16 × 5 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Nymphs Carrying a Third

1544 · Pen and brown ink, brown wash, traces of white corrections. Black chalk shading probably added by a later hand.

9 1/8 x 11 in. (23.2 x 27.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two Nymphs Carrying a Third

1544 · Pen and brown ink, brown wash, traces of white corrections. Black chalk shading probably added by a later hand.

9 1/8 x 11 in. (23.2 x 27.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mercurius en Io op de grond gezeten

1541 · squared on ink, chalk, paper

width: 220 cm, height: 164 cm

Rijksmuseum

Fortitude (Study for the "Cabinet du roi" [King's Study])

1541 · Brush and vermilion wash, heightened with lead white, over stylus incising, on cream laid paper toned pink, laid down on cream laid paper

21.9 × 15.2 cm (8 5/8 × 6 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Classical Female Figure (Diana or Venus) with Two Infants

1534 · Pen and brown ink, highlighted with white gouache, over traces of black chalk, stylus and compass construction; traces of squaring in black chalk

sheet: 9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in. (25.2 x 20.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Classical Female Figure (Diana or Venus) with Two Infants

1534 · Pen and brown ink, highlighted with white gouache, over traces of black chalk, stylus and compass construction; traces of squaring in black chalk

sheet: 9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in. (25.2 x 20.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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

1504 · Red chalk, highlighted with white gouache, on beige paper

12-7/16 x 17-1/16 in. (31.6 x 43.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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

1504 · Red chalk, highlighted with white gouache, on beige paper

12-7/16 x 17-1/16 in. (31.6 x 43.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Three Standing Figures

1500 · Pen and ink and white gouache, over traces of black chalk, on paper washed gray

17 1/8 x 12 in. (43.5 x 30.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art