The Fall of the Giants

1663

Salvator Rosa

Artist, Neapolitan, 1615 - 1673

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • 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.)

  • Accession

    1985.21.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Theodoli 1992, no. 115, State ii/ii

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Earl Spencer (L.2341a)

Associated Names

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.

Inscriptions

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

Watermarks

Fleur-de-lis in oval w/ B

Wikidata ID

Q74067261

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