Genius with the Medici Coat-of-Arms

1605

Cherubino Alberti

Artist, Roman, 1553 - 1615

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper [artist's proof]

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24.5 x 16.5 cm (9 5/8 x 6 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 27.6 x 19.8 cm (10 7/8 x 7 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2007.14.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 138, State undesc state before address

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jonathan Bober, Austin, TX; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

Inscriptions

on banner in image: POLO FLORESCERE DIGNA; lower right in image: C / AB (in monogram); by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: B 138 I

Watermarks

indistinct mark in a circle

Wikidata ID

Q76337400

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