Two Princes of the House of Este: Ernest VI and Francis II, 1513–83, Pen and brown ink, brush and yellow-brown wash, over black chalk, 8 3/4 × 4 15/16 in. (22.3 × 12.6 cm), Drawings, Pirro Ligorio (Italian, Naples ca. 1512/13–1583 Ferrara), This sheet is part of a series of some forty drawings by Pirro Ligorio, each representing a pair of distinguished members of the House of Este that once may have formed a long continuous scroll. The drawings were probably made by Ligorio to illustrate Giovanni Battista Pigna's “Historia de'principi d'Este”, the first edition of which appeared, without the illustrations, in Ferrara in 1570
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Two Princes, House, Este, Ernest VI, Francis II, 1513–83, Pen, brown ink, brush, yellow-brown wash, black chalk, 8 3/4, 4 15/16, 22.3, 12.6 cm, Drawings, Pirro Ligorio, Italian, Naples ca., 1512/13–1583, Ferrara, sheet, part, series, forty drawings, representing, pair, distinguished members, formed, long continuous, scroll, drawings, Ligorio, illustrate Giovanni, Battista, Pigna, Historia de'principi, d'Este, first edition, appeared, illustrations, 1570
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