Cherubino Alberti (1553–1615), also called Borghegiano, was an Italian engraver and

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. He is most often remembered for the Roman frescoes completed with his brother Giovanni Alberti during the papacy of Clement VIII. He was most prolific as an engraver of copper plates.

Biography

Alberti was born in 1553 in

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(from which he took his nickname of ''Borgheggiano''), into family of artists. He was the second son of Alberto Alberti, a carver and sculptor, and his brothers Alessandro Alberti and Giovanni Alberti were artists as well. Alberti studied in

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under Cornelius Cort and worked as an engraver, modeling his works after the inventions of other artists. His early influences included

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and contemporary

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art. Between 1571 and 1575 he made engravings after works of

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and Taddeo Zuccari. Over the next ten years his engravings included works after Raphael,

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, Marco Pino,

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, and

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. 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

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, which he completed with his brother Giovanni. He painted for the church of Santa Maria in Via Lata. He may have been first a pupil of

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, and afterwards by studying the works of

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and Francesco Villamena. At his death in Rome Alberti was Director of the Academy of Saint Luke, an association of artists.

Works

Over 180 engravings are attributed to Alberti, including: *''Portrait of Pope Gregory XIII''. . *''St. Susannah resting against a pedestal, with a sword'' *''St. Jerome, meditating on the Crucifix'' *''The Crucifixion'' (1575), after Michelangelo *'' St. Andrew bearing his Cross ''(1580) *''Two other figures, from the Last Judgment'' (1591) *''Charon, with two other figures'' (1575) *''Prometheus devoured by the Vulture'' (1580) *''Pietà'', after the sculpture by Michelangelo *''Three—The Creation; Adam and Eve driven out of Paradise'', from

. *''The Death of the Children of Niobe'', in five sheets *''Rape of the Sabines'', after another frieze from Polidoro da Caravaggio *''The Triumph of Camillus''; in the style of the antique. *''Pluto holding a torch. Fortune standing on a shell.'' *''The Presentation at the Temple''; ''The Resurrection'', and ''The Holy Family'' (1582) after Raphael. *''Jupiter and Ganymede'' (1580), after Raphael *''The Graces and Venus leaving Juno and Ceres'', after a frieze by Raphael *''The Adoration of the Magi'' (1574), ''The Transfiguration'', ''Christ praying on the Mount'' (1574) and ''Stoning of Stephen''; after

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. *''A piece of architecture''; after the same, in two prints. Raphael. 1582. Rome, 1575. *''The Baptism of our Saviour, by St. John'' (1574) and ''The Miracle of St. Philip Benizzo'' after

. *''Tobias and the Angel'' (1575), after

*''Christ praying in the Garden'', after Perino del Vaga. *''The Adoration of the Shepherds'' (1575), ''The Holy Family'', ''The Scourging of Christ'', ''Conversion of St. Paul'', and ''Assumption of the Virgin'', after Taddeo Zuccari. *''Assumption'' and ''The Coronation of the Virgin'' (1572), after

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