Saints Peter and Paul

Cherubino Alberti

Associated Names
Cherubino Alberti

Artist, Roman, 1553 - 1615

The image illustrates two figures in full length with their bodies posed dynamically. One figure stands with a slight lean and tilted head, while the other appears to be mid-step, with one foot raised as if walking. Both figures have sketchily rendered facial features and dark, loose hair. They are draped in flowing robes that cascade to the floor. The background is plain, and the overall composition is monochrome, likely pen and ink.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown and iron gall ink, with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 23.6 x 22.6 cm (9 5/16 x 8 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.7

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 178 (color).

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper right in graphite: 2; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 26

Wikidata ID

Q64539810

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