Nuda veritas. Saint Jean Baptiste

1591

ALBERTI Cherubino, copie d'après

12813 LR/ Recto

Département des Arts graphiques

Inventory number

12813 LR/ Recto

Former inventory number:

89a

Handwritten inventory reference:

vol.7, p.20

Collection

Département des Arts graphiques
Collection Edmond de Rothschild

Artist/maker / School / Artistic centre

ALBERTI Cherubino (1553-1615), copie d'après
Ecole florentine

Possible attribution:

GUIDI Raffaello (Actif vers 1585/1615), attribué à
(Castex, Jean-Gérald, 2024)

Description

Object name/Title

Nuda veritas. Saint Jean Baptiste
Etudes de figures nues

Description/Features

Commentaire :

Bibliographie :
- William Young Ottley, Notices of Engravers and Their Works ..., London 1831;
- Alessia Alberti (ed.), cat. expo, 'D'après Michelangelo. La fortuna di Michelangelo nelle stampe del Cinquecento', Castello Sforzesco, Milan, 2015, pp. 103-105, cat. no. 203;
- Jean-Gérald Castex, in cat. exp. 'From Michelangelo to Callot. The art of mannerist printmaking', Prague, National Gallery, 2024, p. 113-114, cat. n° 2a.

Physical characteristics

Dimensions

H. 0,421 m ; L. 0,251 m

Materials and techniques

Gravé en au centre, dans le médaillon: NVDA VERITAS; au-dessous: Romae 1591; au-dessous, de part et d'autre de la tête de lion: M[ICHAEL] ANG[ELVS] ·B[ONAROTVS] ·PINXIT - IN VATICANO

Places and dates

Date

1591

History

Collector / Previous owner / Commissioner / Archaeologist / Dedicatee

Dernière provenance : Rothschild, baron Edmond de

Acquisition details

don

Acquisition date

1935

Location of object

Current location

Réserve Edmond de Rothschild

This artwork is on view by appointment in the reference room for prints and drawings

Index

People

Jean-Baptiste, saint

Techniques

eau-forte

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