A winged figure of Fame standing facing left and sounding a trumpet
1570–1615
Medium
Engraving, the plate has been cut deleting details from the upper section that are made up in graphite
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 1/8 × 7 15/16 in. (28.2 × 20.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1986
Accession Number
1986.1180.206
Tags
About the Artist
Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia) · 1553–1615
Cherubino Alberti (1553–1615), also known by his birth name Zaccaria Mattia, was an Italian engraver and painter active in Rome during the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. Born in Borgo San Sepolcro in Tuscany, he came from an artistically inclined family and received training that equipped him for work in both painting and the reproductive graphic arts. It was as a printmaker, however,...