Studies of a Nude Female Statue (Venus) and Head of a Mature Bearded Man (recto); Architectural Studies (verso), Cherubino Alberti | Mia

mounted on ivory paper with tan, grey and gold borders; two sketches of female statue in contrapposto pose at right and left edges of paper; central sketch of a bearded man wearing a cap at center bottom — Studies of a Nude Female Statue (Venus) and Head of a Mature Bearded Man (recto); Architectural Studies (verso), 16th-17th century
Cherubino Alberti
Pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper
Bequest of Professor Alfred Moir 2012.58.2
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Title: Studies of a Nude Female Statue (Venus) and Head of a Mature Bearded Man (recto); Architectural Studies (verso)
Dated: 16th-17th century
Artist: Cherubino Alberti
Nationality: Italian
Artist Life: (active Rome), 1553-1615
Role: Artist
Gallery: Not on View
Department: European Art
Dimension: 7 5/16 x 7 1/16 in. (18.57 x 17.94 cm) (sheet)10 3/16 x 9 7/8 in. (25.88 x 25.08 cm) (sight)23 9/16 x 19 3/4 in. (59.85 x 50.17 cm) (outer frame)
Credit: Bequest of Professor Alfred Moir
Accession Number: 2012.58.2
Medium: Pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper
Country: Italy
Century: 16th-17th century
Provenance: [Paul Wallraf, London]. [Richard Day, London, until 1976; sold, August 4, for £450, to Moir]; Alfred Moir, Santa Barbara (1976-d. 2010; bequeathed to the MIA)
Rights: Public Domain
Classification: Drawings
Object Name: Drawing
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