Attributed to Cherubino ALBERTI (Borgo San Sepolcro 1553 - Rome 1615) Ceiling figure of a nude man Sanguine. (Uneven edges, stains). 40 x 25.5 cm Cherubino Alberti began his career as an engraver after the masters (Michelangelo, Raphael, the Zuccari), before becoming, with his brother Giovanni, one of the most important decorators of Roman palaces and churches in the late 16th century.{CR}Between 1596 and 1604, he decorated the Clementine Room in the Vatican for Pope Clement VIII. The ceiling, with its extraordinary vision of da sotto in su, is particularly famous. This figure can be compared to one of the ignudi surrounding the papal coat of arms (see : C. Pietrangeli, Les Peintures du Vatican, Udine, Mengès, 1996, reproduced pp. 466-467). Stylistically, our drawing can be compared with two studies for this decoration (see : K. Henman-Fivre, Disegni degli Alberti, Rome, del Duca, 1983, no. 30-31, pp. 80-81, reproduced). Alberti imbued himself with the art of his predecessors Michelangelo and Taddeo Zuccaro to give here a remarkable example of his talent as a draughtsman.