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Object Type
Museum number: W,3.18
Description: Penelope standing in the centre by a large weaving table amongst her women spinning and weaving, one seated at right spools thread, three cats sleep before her, at left another woman sews after Primaticcio Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Monogrammist FG; After: Francesco Primaticcio
School/style
Production date: 1540-1550
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Dimensions: Height: 189 millimetres; Width: 432 millimetres
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Curator's comments: See Louvre 2004 Primatice cat.110. The purpose or location of Primaticcio's design at Fontainebleau is not clear. Bartsch thought the engraving to be possibly by Giorgio Ghisi; Herbet gave it to the Master FG.
Bibliographic references: Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (XV.416.2) (as Ghisi); Nagler 1858-79 / Die Monogrammisten (II.2115 & 2914)
Location: Not on display
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Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1753
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: W,3.18

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