Prudence [recto], c. 1601

Not on View

Medium

red chalk on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 28.7 x 17.7 cm (11 5/16 x 6 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of William B. O'Neal, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1991.150.1.a

Artists / Makers

Cherubino Alberti (artist) Roman, 1553 - 1615

Image Use

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Provenance

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile (stamp on the old mount, not in Lugt); private collection (sale London, Sotheby's, March 6, 1973, no. 18 as by Giovanni Alberti alone); Seiferheld & Co., New York, 1973; William B. O'Neal [1907-1994], Charlottesville, VA, February 1974; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
O'Neal, William B., Professor
Private Collection (NGA Former Owner)
Seiferheld, Helene C.

Exhibition History

1992: Dürer to Diebenkorn: Recent Acquisitions of Art of Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, 16, 23, no. 11 (repro. p. 17).

1993: Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1993, no. 5.

1996: Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, Georgia Museum of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, 4 May-16 June, 1996 (recto only).

Bibliography

1980: Kristina Herrmann Fiore, "Studi sui Disegni di Figure di Giovanni e Cherubino Alberti," Bollettino d'Arte 65 (Jan-Mar 1980), 41-42, 63, note 24, fig. 4.