Cherubino Alberti
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Cherubino Alberti (also called Borghegiano; 1553 - 1615) was an Italian engraver and painter.
[edit] Biography
Alberti was born in 1553 in Borgo San Sepolcro, Tuscany. He was the product of an artistic family. His father Alberto Alberti was a carver and sculptor, and his brothers Alessandro Alberti and Giovanni Alberti were artists as well.
Alberti studied in Rome under Cornelius Cort and worked as an engraver, modeling his works after the inventions of other artists. His early influences included Raphael and contemporary Mannerist art. Between 1571 and 1575 he made engravings after works of Federico and Taddeo Zuccari. Over the next ten years his engravings included works after Raphael, Michelangelo, Polidoro da Caravaggio, Andrea del Sarto, Rosso Fiorentino, Marco Pino, Pellegrino Tibaldi, and Cristofano Gherardi. He also produced works based on ancient statues.
Later in life Alberti decorated palaces and churches with paintings in fresco. His most famous work was the fresco decoration of Sala Clementina in the Vatican, which he completed with his brother Giovanni.
At his death in Rome Alberti was Director of the Academy of Saint Luke, an association of artists.
[edit] Works
Over 180 engravings are attributed to Alberti.
[edit] References
- James, Ralph N. (1896). Painters and their Works: A Dictionary of Great Artists who are Not Now Alive.
- Ottley, William Young (1831). Notices of Engravers and their Works. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green.
