Salvator ROSA (Naples, 1615 - Rome, 1673)
The Five Rivers, circa 1660-1661
Pen and brown ink.
Inscribed in pen and brown ink on the right on the mount: "65".
(Ferrogallic ink having pierced in places, lined, stain at the bottom).
10,1 x 21,3 cm
Provenance:
- Probably former collection of Christine, Queen of Sweden (1626-1689).
- Probably former collection of Cardinal Decio Azzolino (1623-1689), close friend and heir of the queen.
- Probably Marquis Pompeo Azzolino (1654-1705), his nephew.
- Livio Odescalchi (1652-1713), duke of Bracciano, Ceri and Sirmium, bought from the previous one. By descent until at least the 1970s.
Bibliography:
- M. Rotili, Salvator Rosa, incisore, Naples, 1974, pp. 158-159, cat. 16a, reproduced.
- L. Salerno, L'Opera completa di Salvator Rosa, Milan, 1975, p. 105, under INC. 10.
- M. Mahoney, The Drawings of Salvator Rosa, New York-London, 1977, vol I, p. 387, cat. 39.4, vol II, reproduced. fig. 39.4.
- R. W. Wallace, The Etchings of Salvator Rosa, Princeton, 1979, pp. 241-242, cat. 96a, reproduced.
Preparatory drawing for the drypoint engraving (A. Bartsch, Le Peintre graveur, XX.274.15).
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