Two Studies of a Seated Male Nude Seen from the Back, 1596–1602, Red chalk, with some contours reinforced in pen and brown ink. Upper right corner replaced, 7-13/16 x 5-1/4 in. (19.8 x 13.3 cm), Drawings, attributed to Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia) (Italian, Borgo Sansepolcro 1553–1615 Rome), The nude figure above holds the sawlike 'bretessed bend' that figures, with six stars, in the arms of Pope Clement VIII Aldobrandini (1536-1605, r. 1592-1605). Many such nude figures holding these emblems appear, in large or small scale, in the frescoed vault of the Sala Clementina in the Vatican Palace painted between 1596 and 1602 by the brothers Giovanni and Cherubino Alberti
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Two Studies, Seated Male Nude, Back, 1596–1602, Red chalk, contours reinforced, pen, brown ink, Upper right corner replaced, 7-13/16 x 5-1/4, 19.8 13.3 cm, Drawings, attributed to Cherubino Alberti, Zaccaria Mattia, Italian, Borgo Sansepolcro, 1553–1615, Rome, nude, figure, holds, sawlike, bretessed bend, figures, six stars, arms, Pope Clement, VIII, Aldobrandini, 1536-1605, r, 1592-1605, nude figures, holding, emblems, large, small scale, frescoed vault, Sala Clementina, Vatican Palace, painted, 1596, 1602, brothers Giovanni, Cherubino
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