Niccolò dell'Abbate, sometimes Nicolò and Abate was a Mannerist Italian painter in fresco and oils. He was of the Emilian school, and was part of the team of artists called the School of Fontainebleau
Rape of Proserpine, Louvre
Chimney breast at the Château d'Écouen
Francesco Primaticcio was an Italian Mannerist painter, architect and sculptor who spent most of his career in France.
Niccolò dell'Abbate
…style. In 1552, Niccolò moved to France, where he worked at the royal Château de Fontainebleau as a member of the decorating team under the direction of Francesco Primaticcio. Within two years of his arrival he was drawing a project for a decor commemorating Anne de Montmorency (preparatory drawing at the Louvre). In Paris…
1648 woodcut portrait of Francesco Primaticcio
Odysseus and Penelope, 1563
Holy Family with St Elizabeth and John the Baptist, now in the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia.
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