A Standing Man Leaning on a Stick

c. 1662

Salvator Rosa

Associated Names
Salvator Rosa

Artist, Neapolitan, 1615 - 1673

The image shows a full-body sketch of a person standing in profile. The individual is facing to the right, with one leg slightly bent. The face is depicted in profile with minimal detail, and the hair appears covered by a head wrap or turban. The person is dressed in a long robe with a sash tied at the waist and loose-fitting trousers tucked into high boots or wrappings. The person is holding a long stick or staff in one hand and the other hand is raised with fingers pointed. The background is plain and unadorned, highlighting the detailed lines of the figure.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash, laid down on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    The Edith Tanenbaum Rudolf Collection

  • 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 Number

    2022.75.5

  • 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

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