The Holy Family with Saint Anne and the young Saint John the Baptist
Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia)
1570–1615
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 in. × 8 7/16 in. (28 × 21.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Accession Number
26.70.4(55)
Tags
ChristVirgin MaryHoly FamilySaint AnneSaint John the Baptist
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,...