Lot 56: * DURANTE ALBERTI BORGO SAN SEPOLCHRO 1538 - 1613

RECTO : OFFERING OF TRIBUTE TO THE CONQUERERS;
VERSO : SHEET OF FIGURE STUDIES

measurements note
230 by 280mm; 9 1/16 by 11in

bears inscription in brown ink, lower right of recto and verso: Durante del Borgo; and in black chalk, verso: Externo..., and in brown ink, verso: Consoli and further, illegible inscriptions;
pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk, within brown ink framing lines (recto);
pen and brown ink, point of the brush and red-brown wash, and black chalk (verso)

NOTE

Durante Alberti belonged to the large Alberti family of artists, from Borgo San Sepolcro. He was the son of Romano, who was the secretary of the Accademia di San Luca, founded by the Zuccari. Perhaps Durante's most important commission was the decoration of a chapel in the church of San Girolamo della Carità, but he also painted various works for other churches.