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Cherubino Alberti
The Good Thief1580

Not on view
Engraving of a muscular, nearly nude man clutching a large wooden cross, rendered with dense hatching on cream paper, signed and dated 1579

Cherubino Alberti, Michelangelo Buonarroti, The Good Thief, 1580, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Cherubino Alberti
Italy, Borgo San Sepulcro, 1553-1615
After
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Title
The Good Thief
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
1580
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 1/2 × 6 1/8 in. (34.29 × 15.56 cm) Image: 13 1/2 × 6 in. (34.29 × 15.24 cm)
Credit Line
Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest
Accession Number
M.88.91.1
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.

  • Davis, Bruce. Mannerist Prints: International Style in the Sixteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.