Lot 22: Pirro Ligorio (Naples circa 1513-1583 Ferrara)

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.)

Similar in handling and figure type to the series of drawings Ligorio executed of the ancestors of the House of Este, of which one was sold at Christie's, New York, 22 January 2004, lot 3.

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