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Les travavx d'Vlysse

Thulden, Theodoor van, 1606-1669 · 1633 · A Paris, Chez Melchior Tavernier · 33 pictures

Les travaux d'Vlysse is a 1633 Paris book of engravings by Theodoor van Thulden, published by Melchior Tavernier, reproducing the Odyssey mural scenes painted by Primaticcio at Fontainebleau for a courtly audience. The prints are dense, crisp black-and-white engravings with heavy crosshatching, classical draped figures, columns and interiors, and clear contrasts between light and shadow that a designer could borrow for narrative compositions, sculptural poses, or hatching-based textures.

Homer · Primaticcio, Francesco, 1504?-1570 · Château de Fontainebleau (Fontainebleau, France). Galerie d'Ulysse · Odysseus (Greek mythology) · Mural painting and decoration, French

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