A Standing Man Leaning on a Stick

c. 1662

Salvator Rosa

Artist, Neapolitan, 1615 - 1673

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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

    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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