Reduced reprint of the celebrated map of ancient Rome designed by Pirro Ligorio and engraved by Jacob Boss, printed by Tramenzini in 1561. Engraved map (373 x 455mm). Two conjoined sheets (sometime folded). (1)
PIRRO LIGORIO (NAPLES VERS 1513-1583 FERRARE) Un groupe de personnages : une femme penchée en avant, trois hommes et... plume et encre brune, lavis brun, rehaussé de blanc oxydé, sur papier brun 26,4 x 23,3 cm (10 3/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
Engraving on laid paper depicting ancient Rome; bottom left side bears the inscription 'Antiquae Urbis Romae Imago accuratiss: ex vetustis monumentis ex vestigiis videlicet aedificior, moenium ruinis, eide numismatum monumentis aenis, plumbeis, saxeis tigliniso collecta, veter deniq auctorum fide confirmata in hac tabulam redacta atq descripta a Pyrrho Ligorio romano per XIIII regiones in quas urbem divisit Imp. Caesar Augustus'. Flaws present, unframed
LIGORIO, Pirro, (Italian, 1513-1583): Front side pen and ink depiction of an archer holding arrow in right hand, back side pencil drawing of two partial figural cherubs, one with pan flute, older collector blind stamp lower right corner, written provenance in pencil verso on frame. 8.5" x 5", framed 16" x 11". From the Estate of Dennis Smith, firefighter, author, founder of Firehouse magazine, and avid art collector. Condition: Repair upper left corner, pin holes above wrist and in hat, toning, spotting.
PIRRO LIGORIO (Naples, 1513 - Ferrare, 1583) Le massacre des enfants de Niobé, d'après un sarcophage romain conservé à Winlton House Encre et lavis d'encre brune, rehauts de gouache blanche. Usures, coupé et contrecollé. P. Ligorio, The massacre of the children of Niobe, after a Roman sarcophagus kept at Winlton house, ink and brown ink wash, white gouache highlights, wears, cut and glued on its mount 20,40 x 28,30 CM - 8 x 11,1 IN.
Ambrogio Brambilla vor 1579 Mailand – um 1599 Pirro Ligorio 1513 Neapel – 1583 Ferrara Radierung nach Pirro Ligorio. In der Platte mit folgenden Bezeichnungen "At center: ORNITHON / Sive / AVIARIVM / M. VARRONIS / PYRRO LIGORIO NEAP INV. / ROMAE MDLVIII / Michaelis Tramezini formis / Cum privil Summi pont". Erschienen bei Claudio Duchetti in Rom im Jahr 1558. Die Ansicht zeigt das bedeutende Vogelhaus (lateinisch: Ornithon oder Aviarium) des roemischen Polyhistors Marcus Terentius Varro (116 v. Chr. Rieti – 27 v. Chr. Rom). Das Vogelhaus war Teil seiner Villa in Cassino und wurde von ihm in seinem Traktat "De re rustica" (Buch III, V-VI) beschrieben. WVZ Huelsen 36 c.
Ambrogio Brambilla vor 1579 Mailand – um 1599 Pirro Ligorio 1513 Neapel – 1583 Ferrara Etching nach Pirro Ligorio. In der Platte mit folgenden Bezeichnungen "At center: ORNITHON / Sive / AVIARIVM / M. VARRONIS / PYRRO LIGORIO NEAP INV. / ROMAE MDLVIII / Michaelis Tramezini formis / Cum privil Summi pont". Erschienen bei Claudio Duchetti in Rom im Jahr 1558. Die Ansicht zeigt das bedeutende Vogelhaus (lateinisch: Ornithon oder Aviarium) des roemischen Polyhistors Marcus Terentius Varro (116 v. Chr. Rieti – 27 v. Chr. Rom). Das Vogelhaus war Teil seiner Villa in Cassino und wurde von ihm in seinem Traktat "De re rustica" (Buch III, V-VI) beschrieben. WVZ Huelsen 36 c.
Ligorio, Pirro. Antiquae urbis imago accuratissime ex vetusteis monumenteis formata. [Roma], Carlo Losi, 1773. Acquaforte in 12 fogli sciolti, circa 1300 x 1470 mm la lastra (parziali mancanze della parte incisa dovute a esposizione all’umidità.) Rara reimpressione settecentesca della celebre veduta a volo d’uccello di Roma antica pubblicata da Francesco Tramezini nel 1561 su disegno del grande architetto rinascimentale Pirro Ligorio che è praticamente introvabile sul mercato. TAGS - Arte - Libri rari autografi rare books autographs
Vedrai diusi I termini di tutta la Grecia. Pirro Ligorio (c.1513/4-1583). Engraved map by Sebastiano di Ré. Rome: Michele Tramezzino, 1561. 18 3/4 x 27 inches sheet, ?? framed A VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT MAP OF GREECE. It was devised by the great antiquarian and architect Pirro Ligorio, who was then associated with the Rome workshop that Michele Tramezzino operated with his older brother Francesco. The map was completed while Ligorio was restoring various churches and villas for Pope Pius IV, having earlier been expelled from St.Peter's by an ill-tempered Michelangelo. Roberto Almagià referred to this map as "a very remarkable production", that presents Greece in a unique geographical form, epistemologically independent of other contemporary maps. The beautiful engraving by Sebastiano di Ré grants the viewer an Apollonian view of all Hellenistic lands from the Adriatic to Asia Minor. The heavily detailed perspective features the numerous mountains, towns and islands in which the theatre of Classical mythology was acted out. This map was copied by Gerard de Jode of Antwerp in his 1578 and 1593 maps of Greece. Karrow no, Tooley:1939 no.283, Woodward:1996 watermark 194, Zacharakis no.1368. Pirro Ligorio's minutely detailed, large-scale, erudite map of Greece was first published in 1561 by Rome-based publisher Michele Tramezzini. The map shows the entire Aegean world, encompassing a plethora of place names both ancient and modern. It stretches from the Adriatic coast in the west (with the heel of the Italian peninsula at far left) to Asia Minor (present-day western Turkey) in the east, and north from Constantinople (today Istanbul) at the entrance to the Black Sea, to Crete in the south. Ligorio's map was one of the most complete, exhaustive, and accurate maps of the region from the sixteenth century, and many later cartographers based their own maps of Greece upon it. In the 1570s, Abraham Ortelius, publisher of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum -- the first modern atlas -- included a map of Greece that was heavily dependent on Ligorio's work, and Gerard De Jode, publisher of the Speculum Orbis Terrarum, also used a very close copy of it. The map, which shows all of Greece and much of Asia Minor, was beautifully engraved by Sebastiano di Ré to show Ligorio's meticulous detail. Like the great majority of sixteenth-century Italian maps, this work was never meant to be colored, for it was thought that the addition of watercolor pigment would obscure the fine engraving -- a skill for which Italian craftsmen were particularly renowned. Pirro Ligorio was a brilliant and eccentric cartographer of the Renaissance. A polymath, he was also a learned antiquarian, architect, author, painter, and engineer. Ligorio was born in Naples around 1513 or 1514, and came to Rome around 1534 to further his artistic training. He found his true calling in the Eternal City as an investigator of Roman antiquities. His classical learning was considerable, and the maps he produced, like this one of Greece, often harmonize ancient and contemporary geographical knowledge. This map, for example, includes the names of ancient cities and sites, many of which were known only from ancient texts (most notably the geographical writings of Ptolemy and Strabo), alongside contemporary places that existed in Ligorio's lifetime. Unlike many sixteenth-century maps of Greece, Ligorio's map was not derivative but rather a work of considerable originality. Roberto Almagià, the foremost twentieth-century authority on Italian cartography, called it a "general map of ancient and modern Greece rich in toponyms and information a very remarkable production." This particular example of Ligorio's map was included in an atlas issued by Antonio Lafreri, an entrepreneur who did not draft maps but instead operated as publisher and merchant. Lafreri had a prolific output of material with a particular emphasis on matter relating to Rome. In building his inventory he collected previously published plates as well as commissioning artists and engravers to produce new ones. One of Lafreri's major innovations was to assemble and bind collections of maps, focusing on works by the most noted contemporary cartographers. These volumes, each made to order for specific collector such that no two were alike, have therefore been termed composite atlases (or sometimes "Lafreri atlases," although other publishers also issued them). Many extremely rare maps have survived only because they were bound by Lafreri, and thereby protected from damaging light, moisture, and general neglect. Such is the case with this fine and rare example of Ligorio's map of Greece, which is in exceptional condition. Born Antoine Lafrère, in Besançon in Burgundy, France, Lafreri settled in the papal city around 1540. From 1553 to 1562, he worked in partnership with Antonio Salamanca, and for a brief time after the latter's death, his son Francesco Salamanca. In 1563, that partnership came to an end and Lafreri was left in control of the firm, which he built up to become the largest of the Rome map- and print-sellers and publishers of the sixteenth century. In a sense, then, this map represents a collaborative effort of Ligorio and Lafreri: two luminary figures in Italian sixteenth-century cartography. References: R.V. Tooley, "Maps in Italian Atlases of the Sixteenth Century," Imago Mundi 3 (1939), n. 283; Roberto Almagià, Carte geografiche a stampa di particolare pregio o rarità dei secoli XVI e XVII esistenti nella Biblioteca apostolica vaticana (Vatican City, 1948), 45; Robert Almagià, "Pirro Ligorio cartografo," Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei; Classe di scienze morali, storiche e filologiche, Rendiconti ser. 8, 11 (1956): 57-9; Robert W. Karrow, Jr., Mapmakers of the Sixteenth Century and Their Maps: Bio-Bibliographies of the Cartographers of Abraham Ortelius, 1570 (Chicago, 1993), p. 354, n. 51/10.
(Napoli, 1513 - Ferrara, 1583) gruppo di sei incisioni con fogli della pianta di Roma, unite ad UNA INCISIONE della volta della Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano di Giacomo San Germano e DUE di Domenico Londonio con soggetti pastorali diversi- usure diffuse, piegature, lacerazioni ai bordi, macchie e tracce di umiditö e sporco Misura massima, cm 67X91 SIX ENGRAVINGS TOGETHER WITH THREE OTHERS DIFFERENT- WEAR, FOLDS, DAMAGES, SPOTS AND TRACES OF DIRT AND HUMIDITY SPOTS (9)
Italy.- Ancient Rome.- [Ligorio (Pirro, 1513-1583)] Anteiquae vrbis imago accuratissime ex vetusteis monumenteis formata, a very good 18th century reprint impression of the bird's eye view of ancient Rome, originally published by Tramezini in 1561, engraving, on thick cream laid paper, with indistinct watermark, printed from the original twelve plates, total platemark approx 1300 x 1470 mm. (51 1/4 x 57 7/8 in), total sheet approx 1480 x 1470 mm. (58 1/4 x 57 7/8 in), un-lined, dissected into 24 sections joined with fine linen, some scattered surface dirt and browning, with minor damp-stains visible, several small repaired tears and holes to, some splitting to folds, one small patch visible verso, published by Losi, 1773. ⁂ A scarce copy of the 16th century architect's monumental large-scale visual reconstruction of Ancient Rome. Only one impression of Ligorio's original 1561 publication is known, printed from 12 plates engraved by Giacomo Bos, and is held at the British Library [see Cartographic Items Maps * 44580.(1.)].
ENTOURAGE DE PIRRO LIGORIO (1510-1583) Procession de prisonniers juifs portant la Menorah d'or et les trompettes du temple de Jérusalem pierre noire, plume et encre brune, lavis brun, rehaussé de blanc 101 x 274 mm. (4 x 10¾ in.)
PIRRO LIGORIO (Naples 1510-1583 Ferrara) Christ and his Disciples. Pen and black ink and gray wash on cream laid paper mounted on heavy laid paper. 123x150 mm; 4 7/8x6 inches.
PIRRO LIGORIO (NAPLES 1500-1583 FERRARE) Femme ailée, vue de profil vers la gauche avec inscriptions '2-9' (recto) et 'Pirro Ligorio' (sur le montage) plume et encre brune, lavis brun 267 x 149 mm.
Pirro Ligorio (Naples 1500-1583 Ferrara) Samson and Delila with inscription 'Mano di Giovanni Contarini Veneto' ( verso ) black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white, on light brown paper 10 5/8 x 11¾ in. (269 x 300 mm.)
Galliae Belgichae. Rome, 1558. Engraved map of Flanders, 349 x 502mm, trimmed with original extended margins. (Some light discolouration to upper-centre of map.) Tooley:1939 no.131, watermark of a tree in circle surmounted by six-pointed star, not in Woodward:1996. LIGORIO, PIRRO (c.1513/4-1583). Descriptio Totius Galliae Belgicae. Rome: Michele Tramezzino, 1558. Engraved map of Flanders engraved by Sebastiano di Ré, 378 x 489mm, trimmed with original extended margins (Some light discolouration to upper-centre of map.) Karrow 12/22.2, Tooley:1939 no.132, Woodward:1996 watermark 290. Two scarce and important maps of Flanders. The first and anonymous map of the region is directly derived form Gilles Boileau de Buillon's map of Flanders, with north and south reversed, which was printed the year before. Listed in Ortelius' Catalogus auctorum, Boileau's map was published in Antwerp by Johannes Liefrinck, and is thought to have originally been intended to illustrate a book on Caesar's Gallic Wars; today it survives in only one copy (Karrow pp.86&87). (2)
Vedrai diusi I termini di tutta la Grecia. Rome: Michele Tramezzino, 1561. Engraved map of Greece by Sebastiano di Ré, 480 x 685mm, on a Royal Sheet, trimmed to lower long margin. (Two small tears to lower margin, light discolouration to upper-centre of map.) A VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT MAP OF GREECE. It was devised by the great antiquarian and architect Pirro Ligorio, who was then associated with the Rome workshop that Michele Tramezzino operated with his older brother Francesco. The map was completed while Ligorio was restoring various churches and villas for Pope Pius IV, having earlier been expelled from St.Peter's by an ill-tempered Michelangelo. Roberto Almagià referred to this map as "a very remarkable production", that presents Greece in a unique geographical form, epistemologically independent of other contemporary maps. The beautiful engraving by Sebastiano di Ré grants the viewer an Apollonian view of all Hellenistic lands from the Adriatic to Asia Minor. The heavily detailed perspective features the numerous mountains, towns and islands in which the theatre of Classical mythology was acted out. This map was copied by Gerard de Jode of Antwerp in his 1578 and 1593 maps of Greece. Karrow no, Tooley:1939 no.283, Woodward:1996 watermark 194, Zacharakis no.1368.
Austria e Hungaria. Rome or Venice: c.1560s. Engraved map of Austria and Hungary, 288 x 416mm, trimmed with original extened margins. (Some discolouration to upper central fold.) Tooley:1939 no.121, Woodward:1996 watermark 292. LIGORIO, PIRRO (c.1513/4-1583). Nova descriptio totivs Hvngariae. Rome: Michael Tramezzino, 1559. Engraved map of Hungary by Sebastiano di Ré, 463 x 387mm, trimmed with original extended margins. Karrow no.51/8, Tooley:1939 no.308, Woodward:1996 watermark 292. Two rare and fine maps of Austria and Hungary. The first map was published anonymously, but is very similar to an edition, likewise undated, published by Antonio Salamanca in Rome. The second map was printed at the Rome workshop of Michele Tramezzino and his older brother Francesco. Pirro Ligorio, the architect and antiquarian, took his information from the four-sheet map of the region completed by Georg Tanstetter from surveys by Lazarus Secretarius and Jacob Ziegler, printed by Peter Apian in 1528 (surviving in only one copy). (2)
Regno di Napoli Venice: Libreria della Stella, 1557. Engraved map of southern Italy, 330 x 429mm, trimmed with original extended margins. Tooley:1939 no.401, Woodward:1996 watermark 207. LIGORIO, PIRRO (c.1513/4-1583). Nova Regno Neapolit. Descript. Rome: Michele Tramezzino, 1558. Engraved map of southern Italy by Sebastiano di Ré, 440 x 682mm, trimmed with original extended margins (13cm tear, with some loss to upper right of map, light discolouration to upper-centre and lower right of map.) Karrow no.51/5, Tooley:1939 no.403, Woodward:1996 watermark 194. Two very rare maps of southern Italy. The second map is centred on Naples, which was the native city of its creator, Pirro Ligorio. In addition to his interests in cartography, Ligorio was a painter, architect and antiquarian best known for his monumental work on Roman antiquities Dell' Antichità. He was also the victim of Michelangelo's mercurial temperament, having been dismissed from the project to complete St.Peter's in Rome, following a fierce argument. This vibrant and highly-detailed work, was the first in a planned series of regional maps of Italy. It was printed by Michele Tramezzino, who ambitiously straddled both of the key Italian cartographic centres; operating a shop in Rome with his older brother Francesco, and another in Venice. Ligorio's map of the region became the key influence for numerous subsequent maps, notably those by Ortelius, Gerard de Jode and Matthias Quad. LAFRERI SCHOOL (2)
IBERIA - LIGORIO, PIRRO (c.1513/4-1583). Nova totius Hispaniae descriptio.Rome: Michele Tramezzino, 1559. Engraved map of Spain and Portugal by Sebastiano di Ré, 401 x 530mm, trimmed with original extended margins. (Some discolouration to centre and upper centre of map.) A very important map of Spain and Portugal devised by Pirro Ligorio, the highly talented polymath, widely known for his great work on Roman antiquities, Dell' Antichità, and for his altercation with the intemperate Michelangelo. This masterful engraving, by di Ré, elegantly frames the land in a maritime space traversed by rhumb lines. Highly influential and more accurate than Gastaldi's 1544 map of Spain, Ligorio's work became the map of record, copied numerous times by other eminent Italian cartographers. Both maps were printed by Michele Tramezzino. Karrow no.51/9, Tooley:1939 no.529 (2)
Quatre soldats romains avec à leurs pieds, un lion, une tortue et une salamandre craie noire, plume et encre brune, lavis brun, filigrane fleur dans un cercle 205 x 152 mm.
Four soldiers with a lion, a turtle and a salamander at their feet black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, watermark encircled flower 8 1/8 x 6 in. (205 x 152 mm.)
Phaeton driving the chariot of the sun and four other studies after the antique Inscribed in pen and ink in a 16th century hand top left:ponte...icasa de/ m Andrea and in the same hand in the centre:INROMA and to the right: amante cavalo/in casa de m andrea black chalk; laid down, 167 x 250mm
Two princes of the House of Guelph: Duke William VII and Duke Philip VI inscribed 'VVILHELMUS. VII. OTHONIS XV. FIL/MCCCLXXI' 'PHILIPPUS. ALBERTI VI. FILIUS' and with inscription 'Dux Luneburgi.' and 'Dux Grubenhaghensis obiit 1551' on two attached sheets of paper black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash 8 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. (218 x 115 mm.)
Phaeton driving the chariot of the sun and four other studies after the antique Inscribed in pen and ink in a 16th century hand top left:ponte...icasa de/ m Andrea and in the same hand in the centre:INROMA and to the right: amante cavalo/in casa de m andrea black chalk; laid down; framed 167 x 250mm
*Pirro Ligorio (circa 1500-1583) two knights praying before an altar. Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk. 303 by 210mm. Provenance: John Barnard (L.1419, on his mount, inscribed on the verso: J:B No.876/12 by 8 1/2). *Pirro Ligorio (circa 1500-1583) two knights praying before an altar. Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk. 303 by 210mm. Provenance: John Barnard (L.1419, on his mount, inscribed on the verso: J:B No.876/12 by 8 1/2).
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