Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
Cherubino Alberti
Recto: Studies of two female figures, a walking figure below Verso: Two soldiers brandishing swords and daggers, a sketch of a third
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January 26, 04:31 PM GMT
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Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
Cherubino Alberti
Borgo San Sepolcro 1553 - 1615 Rome
Recto: Studies of two female figures, a walking figure below
Verso: Two soldiers brandishing swords and daggers, a sketch of a third
Pen and brown ink over black chalk (recto);
Black chalk (verso)
405 by 279 mm; 16 by 11 in.
Pierre de Charmant,
his sale and various owners, Paris, Christie's, 21 March 2002, lot 25,
where purchased by the present owner
A native of Borgo San Sepolcro, Cherubino moved to Rome by 1570, working initially both as an engraver and as a painter specialized in frescoes. Under the Papacy of Clement VIII (Aldobrandini, 1592-1605) he executed a number of important projects, such as the elaborate decorations of the Sala Clementina in the Vatican, the canons' sacristy in the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano and the choir of San Silvestro al Quirinale, in collaboration with his brother Giovanni Alberti (1558-1601).
The recto of this large, double-sided sheet is typical of the artist's drawings in pen and ink enriched by abundant brown wash, and it can be compared with a number of sheets in a volume in the Gabinetto Nazionale della Grafica, Rome.1 The verso, on the other hand, is rapidly drawn in black chalk, providing an interesting insight into the variety of the artist's graphic style.
1. Volume 2503; See Kristina Herrmann-Fiore, Disegni degli Alberti, exhib. cat., Rome, Villa Farnesina, 1983-4