Pirro Ligorio. Seated Sibyl and Attendant Genius (recto); Study of the Head of a Horse in Profile (verso), ca. 1540. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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

by Pirro Ligorio

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Artist: Pirro Ligorio (Italian, Naples ca. 1512/13–1583 Ferrara)
Date: ca. 1540
Medium: Red chalk on beige paper (recto); pen and brown ink (verso)
Dimensions: 9 5/8 x 10 7/16in. (24.5 x 26.5cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Pfeiffer Fund, 1962
Accession no.: 62.120.7

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

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