Pedro de Villegas Marmolejo
Pedro de Villegas Marmolejo (1519–1596) was a Spanish sculptor and painter of the Renaissance period. He was born in Seville, but studied painting from either Roman or Flemish models. He painted a Visitation to Elizabeth for the Seville Cathedral which resembles the manner of Pedro Campaña.
Also recorded as Pedro Villegas Marmelejo I · Pedro de Villegas Marmolejo the Elder · Pedro de Villegas · Pedro Villegas Mazmolejo
Pedro de Villegas Marmolejo
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- Born
- 1519 · Seville.
- Died
- 1596 · Seville.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- painter · sculptor
- Languages
- Spanish
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Pedro de Villegas Marmolejo (1519–1596) was a Spanish sculptor and painter of the Renaissance period. He was born in Seville, but studied painting from either Roman or Flemish models. He painted a Visitation to Elizabeth for the Seville Cathedral which resembles the manner of Pedro Campaña.
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In the side compartments of the altar there are various smaller works of Villegas, representing San Blas and The Baptism of Christ, St. Sebastian and St. Roque; above, in the arch, there is an Infant Jesus in glory; and immediately beneath the Visitation are some small portraits touched with a sparkling and animated pencil. He likewise painted, for the Hospital of the Lazarines, just outside Seville, St. He painted for the church of San Lorenzo an Annunciation and a Virgin and Child. His tomb bears this inscription from his close friend and polymath, Benito Arias Montano: • "DEO VIVENTIUM. • PETRO VILLEGAE MARMOLEJO HISPALEN. • PICTORI SOLERTISS. INTEGERRIM.:SENSU ET SERMONE OPPORTUNISSIMO. • ANNOR. LXXVII. • ARIAS MONTANUS AMIC. UNI • SOLI EX TESTAMENTO POS. VIATOR PACEM VOVETO • M. PEREZ ARCHITECTUS AMICITIAE ERGO • INCIDEB. • A CHR.
His recorded language was Spanish.
Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla. Tabla de Pedro de Villegas Marmolejo (ca. 1575) para una puerta de un realejo.
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Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla. Pintura sobre tabla de Pedro de Villegas Marmolejo (ca. 1575) destinada a una puerta de un realejo. Santo Tomás de Aquino, Santa Catalina de Siena y una visión de la gloria celestial.
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1519
Pedro de Villegas Marmolejo was born on 1 January 1519.
1596
Pedro de Villegas Marmolejo died on 1 January 1596.
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- 1.Juan Miguel Serrera. Pedro de Villegas Marmolejo. 978-84-7798-070-4.
- 2.Juan Antonio Gómez Sánchez. Pedro de Villegas Marmolejo (1519-1596): nuevas obras y documentos.
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