Diana holding a spear with a stag at right and holding a bear on a leash
after 1580
Medium
Engraving (reverse copy)
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 1/2 × 7 5/16 in. (26.7 × 18.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession Number
51.501.3778
Tags
Art Historical Context
This engraving by Cherubino Alberti created after 1580, the Roman goddess Diana in a dynamic pose, spear in hand, with a stag at her right and a bear a leash. Titled *Diana holding a spear with a at right and holding a on a leash*, it Alberti's skill as a Mannerist engraver in late 16th-century Rome. As a reproductive printmaker, Alberti often copied compositions by masters like Federico Zuccaro, and this work is a "reverse copy"—mirroring the original design, a technique that allowed printmakers to replicate paintings faithfully while adapting for the printing process. Engravings like this w...
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,...