The Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin, Christ Child, and Joseph at center, set against architectural details
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
15 3/8 × 10 3/4 in. (39 × 27.3 cm) Plate: 15 3/16 × 10 9/16 in. (38.5 × 26.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.602.302
Tags
Virgin MaryMenWomenCamelsSaint JosephAdoration of the Magi
About the Artist
Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia)|Rosso Fiorentino · 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,...