Classical Female Figure (Diana or Venus) with Two Infants., Francesco Primaticcio, ca. 1539–42

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Classical Female Figure (Diana or Venus) with Two Infants., ca. 1539–42, 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. ( x cm), Drawings, Francesco Primaticcio (Italian, Bologna 1504/5–1570 Paris), The Italian artist Primaticcio went to France early in his career to work for the French king, Francis I. Although most of Primaticcio's energies went into decorating the great palace of Fontainebleau, the present drawing was probably executed for Anet, the château built for Henry II's mistress, Diane de Poitiers (1499-1566

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