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Cherubino Alberti

Associated Names
Cherubino Alberti

Artist, Roman, 1553 - 1615

The image is a sketch of a seated figure, captured from head to toe. The person is in a sitting position, facing slightly to the right, with their body at a slight angle. Their facial features are softly rendered with delicate lines, and the hair appears to be long and loosely arranged. The clothing is depicted with flowing lines, suggesting robes or a gown with drapery. The figure holds a small round object in their right hand. The background is plain, with some stains and marks typical of an aged piece of paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with gray wash over black chalk on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 30 x 19.1 cm (11 13/16 x 7 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.7.5

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Benvenuto Cellini(?). Private collection (sale, Sotheby's, New York, 16 January 1985, no. 18 (as Federico Zuccaro); NGA purchase (via David Tunick, Inc., NY) in 1985.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1988

  • Italian Renaissance Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1988, no cat.

Bibliography

1985

  • Sotheby's, New York: 1/16/85, lot 18.

Inscriptions

At upper left in brown ink: Vehor ad superos (crossed out) / Ad superos vehor; by an unknown hand (possibly Alberto Alberti) lower left in brown ink: (illeg.) Carbino (illeg) and lLr//in brown ink: *

Watermarks

Two crossed keys

Wikidata ID

Q64539808

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