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Pirro Ligorio

14 works

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Pen and brown ink drawing of a classical villa garden with colonnades, rosette panels, palm and cypress trees, and small figu

A Party in a Roman Villa [recto]

Pen and ink sketches of muscular male nudes in twisting, dynamic poses on aged paper.

Studies for the Rape of the Sabine Women [verso]

Brown ink drawing of draped women and children beside a fountain basin, framed by scrolled architectural pilasters.

Women and Children at a Fountain

Red chalk drawing of Diana and Apollo above a heap of falling and dying figures, with Apollo drawing a bow.

Diana and Apollo Slaughtering the Children of Niobe

1550

Seated Sibyl and Attendant Genius (recto); Study of the Head of a Horse in Profile (verso)

ca. 1540

Pen and brown wash drawing of two standing men in ornate costumes before columns, with inscribed names below.

Two Princes of the House of Este: Ernest VI and Francis II

1513-83

Pen and brown wash drawing of women handling draped cloth beneath arches and columns, with a dog at lower left.

A Domestic Scene

1513-83

Brown wash drawing of three classical musicians with lyre, lute and wind instrument beside a draped altar, with Italian inscr

Allegorische Szene mit Musizierenden (Didymos der Musiker?), vermutlich Entwurf zu Deckenstuck in der Camera delle Vi…

1573

Brown wash drawing of two standing classical figures in draped robes, one in armor, with a small sketched head at lower left.

Two Standing Female Allegorical Figures: Anger and Sloth

n.d.

Pencil sketch of draped Bacchic figures and Neptune with a trident riding a chariot drawn by two sea horses.

Sketches after the Antique: Bacchic Revels; Neptune in His Chariot

c. 1535

Caryatid Facing Right

mid-16th Century

Caryatid Facing Left

mid-16th century

Engraved bird's-eye plan of ancient Rome showing walls, the Tiber, monuments and labelled districts.

Plan of Ancient Rome, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

16th century

Engraved cutaway view of the Theater of Marcellus in Rome showing tiered arcades, curved seating, and the stage building.

Theater of Marcellus, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

16th century

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