Studies of a Nude Female Statue (Venus) and Head of a Mature Bearded Man (recto); Architectural Studies (verso)
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Artist:   Cherubino Alberti  
Title:   Studies of a Nude Female Statue (Venus) and Head of a Mature Bearded Man (recto); Architectural Studies (verso)  
Date:   16th-17th century  
Medium:   Pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper  
Dimensions:   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 Line:   Bequest of Professor Alfred Moir  
Location:   Gallery Not on view  

Artist/Creator(s)     
Name:   Alberti, Cherubino  
Nationality:   Italian  
Life Dates:   Italian, 1553-1615  
 

Object Description  
  
Classification:   Drawing  
Physical Description:   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  
Creation Place:   Europe, Italy, Borgo San Sepolchro  
Accession #:   2012.58.2  
Owner:   The Minneapolis Institute of Arts