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Pirro Ligorio, Italian c.1510-1583-  The Madonna and Saint Elizabeth with the infant Christ and...

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Lot 57

Pirro Ligorio, 
Italian c.1510-1583- 
The Madonna and Saint Elizabeth with the infant Christ and...

Price Realised: £918

Estimate: £600 - £800

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Lot 57

Description

Pirro Ligorio, 
Italian c.1510-1583- 

The Madonna and Saint Elizabeth with the infant Christ and Saint John the Baptist (recto); Study of an amphitheatre and a classical sculpture (verso); 

pen, brown ink, and brown and grey wash heightened with white on paper (recto), pen and brown ink on paper (verso), 23.2 x 18.2 cm. 

Provenance: 
Dr Thomas, 1894. 

James O'Byrne, 1897. 
R. C. Upholland Seminary, 1962. 
C. R. Rudolf. 
His sale, Sotheby's, London, 4 July 1977, lot 77. 
Property of the Late Professor Eric Gerald Stanley, FBA (1923-2018) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Stanley). 

Exhibited: 
London, Colnaghi, 'Old Master Paintings and Drawings', June-August 1979, no. 46. 

Note: 
Ligorio, the antiquarian and archaeologist, worked in Rome from 1534-1569. He then moved to Ferrara where he held the position of antiquary at the ducal court until his death in 1583. This drawing dates from his Roman period. 

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The buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 26% up to £20,000 (31.2% inclusive of VAT), 25% from £20,001 - £500,000 (30% inclusive of VAT), 20% from £500,001 thereafter (24% inclusive of VAT). The premium price is subject to VAT at the standard rate.

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