Seated Sibyl and Attendant Genius (recto); Study of the Head of a Horse in Profile (verso), Pirro Ligorio, ca. 1540

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Seated Sibyl and Attendant Genius (recto); Study of the Head of a Horse in Profile (verso), ca. 1540, Red chalk on beige paper (recto); pen and brown ink (verso), 9 5/8 x 10 7/16in. ( x ), Drawings, Pirro Ligorio (Italian, Naples ca. 1512/13–1583 Ferrara), This monumental Sibyl was inspired by the figural types of the 'Ancestors of Christ' frescoed by Michelangelo on the Sistine ceiling from 1508 to 1512. The bold but finished manner of drawing with red chalk recalls Raphael's studies of about 1515–20, at the height of his Roman period

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