A Party in a Roman Villa [recto]

Pirro Ligorio

Artist, Italian, c. 1513 - 1583

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 28 x 21.3 cm (11 x 8 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1986.38.1.a

Associated Artworks

Studies for the Rape of the Sabine Women [verso]

Pirro Ligorio

1513

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kate Ganz Limited, London); NGA purchase in 1986.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1988

  • Italian Renaissance Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1988, no cat.

1990

  • Gardens on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1200-1900, NGA, 1990, no. 48, repro.

Bibliography

1998

  • Brown, Beverly Louise. "Adam and Eve in the Garden of Venus." Art on Paper III (Nov.-Dec. 1998): 50, fig. 9.

Watermarks

M or W with four sided clover

Wikidata ID

Q64619702

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