Full Name: Ligorio, Pirro
Gender: male
Date Born: 1510
Date Died: 1583
Place Born: Naples, Campania, Italy
Home Country/ies: Italy
Subject Area(s): architecture (object genre), Classical, Roman (ancient Italian culture or period), and sculpture (visual works)
Institution(s): Court of Alphonse II
Overview
Architect; antiquario for Alphonse II; scholar of Rome; encyclopedic art history of classical world.
Selected Bibliography
Libro delli antichità. 1553
Sources
Bazin 79-80
Contributors: Lee Sorensen