A Standing Man Leaning on a Stick
c. 1662
Artist, Neapolitan, 1615 - 1673

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash, laid down on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 16.9 × 9 cm (6 5/8 × 3 9/16 in.) (irregular)
mount: 22.4 × 17.9 cm (8 13/16 × 7 1/16 in.) -
Accession
2022.75.5
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Catalogue Raisonné
Mahoney 1977, no. 46.13
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Probably Queen Christina of Sweden [1626-1689], Rome; probably bequest to Decio Cardinal Azzolino [1623-1689], Rome; probably by descent to his nephew, Marchese Pompeo Azzolino [d. 1696], Rome; probably sold to Prince Livio Odescalchi, [1653 - 1713], Rome; by descent to Prince Ladislao Odescalchi [1920-2000], until at least 1965. (sale, Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, 1974, no. B6). (Stanza del Borgo, Milan). New York art market? William Rudolf, Hamden, CT; bequest to NGA, 2022.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1977
Mahoney, MIchael. The Drawings of Salvator Rosa. New York, 1977: no. 46.13 (reproduced, vol. II).
Inscriptions
by later hand, upper right of album sheet in brown ink: 6; by later hand, upper right of album sheet in graphite: S. R.; by later hand, lower left of album sheet in graphite: M. 46.11