Pedro de Villegas Marmolejo

Pedro de Villegas Marmolejo (1520-1577) was a Spanish sculptor and painter of the Renaissance period.

He was born at Seville, but studied painting from either Roman or Flemish models. He painted a "Visitation to Elizabeth" for the Cathedral of Seville. It resembles the manner of Pedro Campana. 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 of Seville, " St. Lazarus". 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, Arias Montano :— :"DEO VIVENTIUM. :PETRO VILLEGAE MARMOLEJO HISPALEN. :PICTORI SOLERTISS. MORIB. INTEGERRIM. :SENSU ET SERMONE OPPORTUNISSIMO. :ANNOR. LXXVII. :ARIAS MONTANUS AMIC. VETER. UNI :SOLI EX TESTAMENTO POS. VIATOR PACEM VOVETO :M. PEREZ ARCHITECTUS AMICITIAE ERGO :INCIDEB. :A CHR. N. CICICXCVII."

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