Giovanni Alberti Borgo San Sepolcro 1558 - 1601 Rome

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Description

Giovanni Alberti
sheet of studies of different putti
red chalk, black chalk, and pen and brown ink;
a printed strip of paper reading Remigio Cantagallina stuck on the sheet, lower left

Exhibited

Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Italiaanse Tekeningen, 1970, cat. no. 82

Catalogue Note

The attribution was first made by John Gere. The drawing is characteristic of Alberti's work and could be related to one of his many decorative projects in Rome.