Pirro Ligorio

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Pirro Ligorio
approximately 1513-1583
Prisoner and Another Figure Seated Beneath a Trophy
Pen and brown ink on paper.
8 9/16 x 6 7/16 inches (217 x 163 mm)
Gift of Miss Felice Stampfle.
1977.60
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Watermark: none.

Inscription: 

Inscribed on verso at lower right in pen and brown ink, "Polidoro. 8.2".

Provenance: 
Peter Lely (Lugt 2092); Jonathan Richardson Sr. (Lugt 2193); William Mayor, London (Lugt 2799); Walter Schatzki, New York; from whom purchased in 1956 by Felice Stampfle.
Associated names: 

Lely, Peter, Sir, 1618-1680, former owner.
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665-1745, former owner.
Mayor, William, 1826-1892, former owner.
Schatzki, Walter, 1899-1983, former owner.
Stampfle, Felice, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 273.

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