Two Studies of a Seated Male Nude Seen from the Back
1596–1602
Medium
Red chalk, with some contours reinforced in pen and brown ink. Upper right corner replaced
Dimensions
7-13/16 x 5-1/4 in. (19.8 x 13.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1980
Accession Number
1980.17.1
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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,...