Nuda Veritas or Saint John the Baptist

1591

Cherubino Alberti

Artist, Roman, 1553 - 1615

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 42.6 × 22.9 cm (16 3/4 × 9 in.); trimmed within platemark

  • Accession

    2020.82.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch 1802 - 1821, no. 67

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Antiquarius srl, Rome); purchased 2020 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821, no. 67

Inscriptions

upper center in image: NVDA VERITAS / ILL.MO ET R.MO / D / ALEXANDRO / MEDICES / S.R.E. CAR. / AMPLISS.; lower center M. ANG. B. PINXIT IN VATICANO / cum privelgio Su.mi Pontiff.s / CherubAlbertus. f. Romae 1591

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