A Design for a Wall Decoration or Fountain

Cherubino Alberti, 1590s?

The image shows a drawing of a sculptural niche featuring a central figure of a standing nude woman, flanked by two smaller nude figures on either side. Above the central figure is an ornate cartouche with decorative… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Cherubino Alberti ¹
Date: 1590s? ¹
Medium: pen and brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper ¹
Original: 5,810 × 10,126 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of David H. McDonnell

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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This image shows mythological scenes. The drawing is divided into several sections, each filled with figures in dynamic poses from mythology. In the central portion, a group of figures is closely interacting, some…

A work made of etching on tan laid paper.

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