Saints Peter and Paul

Cherubino Alberti

The image illustrates two figures in full length with their bodies posed dynamically. One figure stands with a slight lean and tilted head, while the other appears to be mid-step, with one foot raised as if walking. · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Cherubino Alberti ¹
Medium: pen and brown and iron gall ink, with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper ¹
Original: 3,398 × 3,521 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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Close in palette, light and contrast · computed

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