Jacopo Ligozzi

Jacopo Ligozzi
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(1547–1627) Italian painter (1547–1627)

Jacopo Ligozzi (1547–1627) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, a draughtsman, and a designer. By year of birth, Jacopo Ligozzi belongs to the chapter ‘Mannerism’ in this site’s history of art.

Jacopo Ligozzi was born in Verona and died in Florence. Jacopo Ligozzi worked in Verona, Venice, and Florence. Wikidata associates Jacopo Ligozzi with Mannerism.

One of the best-known works is ‘Allegory of Virtue’. The catalogue has 12 works by Jacopo Ligozzi with free images. The dated works span the years 1590–1618. Works by Jacopo Ligozzi are held by several collections, among them drawings in the National Gallery of Art, Nationalmuseum, Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design, and Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Bartholomeus Spranger, Diana Scultori Ghisi, Farrukh Beg, Matteo Perez d'Aleccio, and Nicholas Hilliard.