The Holy Family with the infant John the Baptist and St. Anne
| Reference: | S30477 |
| Author | Cherubino ALBERTI |
| Year: | 1571 |
| Measures: | 275 x 428 mm |
€1,500.00
| Reference: | S30477 |
| Author | Cherubino ALBERTI |
| Year: | 1571 |
| Measures: | 275 x 428 mm |
€1,500.00
Description
The Virgin holding the Christ Child's right hand with her right, her left arm is around the infant John the Baptist, in the centre is St Anne with her hands in an attitude of prayer, to her right is St Joseph.
Engraving, 1571, dated in bottom left corner '1571'. After Federico Zuccari.
Second state, with the papal privilege added at lower right.
A fine impression, printed on contemporary laid paper, with thin margins, very good conditions.
This is an enlarged and altered version of a print by Cornelis Cort made in 1570 circa (see New Hollstein, n.87).
A very good example.
Literature
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New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) 87 (Cornelis Cort; copy a.I); Bartsch XVII.63.38.
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Cherubino ALBERTI Borgo San Sepolcro 1553 - Roma 1615
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Engraver, painter and constructor of crossbows, from Borgo San Sepolcro. Active in San Sepolcro
and Rome. Record of death 18 October 1615.
The earliest dated engravings are of 1571.The bulk of his engraved work was produced between 1571 and 1590. Mythological,devotional and ornamental subject ;portraits and antiquities. Prints after Raphael,Michelangelo,Polidoro da Caravaggio,Andrea del Sarto, Rosso Fiorentino, Taddeo and Federico Zuccaro. He kept control of the majorityof his plates and was responsible for publishing them. After his death his heirs reissued many of them, with a privilege of Pope Urban VIII.
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Literature
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New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) 87 (Cornelis Cort; copy a.I); Bartsch XVII.63.38.
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Cherubino ALBERTI Borgo San Sepolcro 1553 - Roma 1615
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Engraver, painter and constructor of crossbows, from Borgo San Sepolcro. Active in San Sepolcro
and Rome. Record of death 18 October 1615.
The earliest dated engravings are of 1571.The bulk of his engraved work was produced between 1571 and 1590. Mythological,devotional and ornamental subject ;portraits and antiquities. Prints after Raphael,Michelangelo,Polidoro da Caravaggio,Andrea del Sarto, Rosso Fiorentino, Taddeo and Federico Zuccaro. He kept control of the majorityof his plates and was responsible for publishing them. After his death his heirs reissued many of them, with a privilege of Pope Urban VIII.
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