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Salvator Rosa

The Fall of the Giants, 1663

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Medium

etching and drypoint on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 72 x 47.5 cm (28 3/8 x 18 11/16 in.)

sheet: 78.5 x 55 cm (30 7/8 x 21 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Theodoli 1992, no. 115, State ii/ii

Accession Number

1985.21.2

Artists / Makers

Salvator Rosa (artist) Neapolitan, 1615 - 1673

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Inscription

lower center in plate: Horatio Quaranta Amico Homogeneo / Tolluntur in altum, / Ut lapsu graviore ruant. / Salvator Rosa Inu. pinx. Scul:

Provenance

Earl Spencer (L.2341a)

Associated Names

Artemis Fine Arts Inc.

Bibliography

1802: Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

1979: Wallace, Richard W. The Etchings of Salvator Rosa. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1979.

1992: Theodoli, Olimpia. Salvator Rosa, 1615-1673: Acqueforti. Bergamo: Alcon, 1992.

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