# Two Nymphs Carrying a Third [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PRIMATICCIO, Francesco]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, 232 x 279 mm ## Commentary Two Nymphs Carrying a Third c. 1547 Pen and brown ink, brown wash, 232 x 279 mm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Invited by the French king Francis I \(r. 1515–47\) along with another Italian artist, Rosso Fiorentino, Primaticcio oversaw the decoration of the royal château of Fontainebleau, created decorative cycles in the Mannerist style, and became the leading proponent of the so-called School of Fontainebleau. The present scene, depicting two nymphs carrying a third to a satyr \(partly visible at the left margin\) relates to Primaticcio's stucco decoration of the Appartement des Bains at Fontainebleau, rooms intended for bathing, relaxation, and the display of famous works from the royal collection. The outlines of the composition have been traced with a stylus to transfer the design to an engraver's plate. The black chalk shading probably was added by a later hand. ## Related artworks - [A River God]() - [An allegorical female figure \(Temperance?\)]() - [An allegorical figure of Prudence]() - [Annunciation]() - [Annunciation]() - [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling decoration]() - [Ceres]() - [Classical Female Figure \(Diana or Venus\) with Two Infants]() - [Dance of the Hours]() - [Decoration of the Royal Staircase \(detail\)]() - [Decoration of the Royal Staircase \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()