Cherubino Alberti
Study for the Decoration of a Façade

CultureItalian
Titles
  • Study for the Decoration of a Façade
Date1594–1595
MediumBlack chalk, pen and brown iron gall ink, brown wash with traces of black chalk
DimensionsSheet: 9 1/4 × 9 in. (23.5 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Vaughn Foundation Fund
Object number2018.130
Non exposé

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ProvenancePrivate collection; [Pandora Old Masters, at least by 2018]; to the MFAH March 2018.
Exhibition HistoryNone noted
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso: Inscribed in graphite in a modern hand, upper right: 96 502
Verso: Inscribed in graphite in a modern hand, lower center: Cherubino Alberti 1615

No visible watermark
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