Personification of Justice
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Cherubino Alberti
(Tuscany, Italy, 1553–Rome, Italy, 1615)
NationalityItalian, Europe
Datecirca 1596-1602
MediumPen and brown ink with brush and blue wash over black chalk
DimensionsSheet: 15 7/8 × 11 1/8 in. (40.3 × 28.2 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Ian Kennedy, 2001.39
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Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2001.39
On View
Not on viewNo doubt aided by their Tuscan origins, Cherubino and his brother Giovanni were called by Clement to decorate a grand hall, the Sala Clementina, in the Vatican Palace, their most prestigious commission. This drawing is closely related to the Cardinal Virtues that populate an illusionistic balustrade on the hall’s ceiling. On the one hand, the figure’s stylized form and looping calligraphy correspond to late Mannerism, especially the work of Federico Zuccaro. On the other, the drawing’s coherent and dramatic light seems a response to the work of Caravaggio, with whom Cherubino was friendly.
Exhibitions
Cherubino Alberti
1575
