Jason and the Dragon

c. 1663/1664

Salvator Rosa

Artist, Neapolitan, 1615 - 1673

Salvator Rosa

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Neil and Sharon Phillips

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 34.5 x 21.8 cm (13 9/16 x 8 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.57.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Theodoli 1992, no. 118, State only


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Unidentified collector, vd (L.2509)

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 left in plate: ROSA; upper center verso in graphite: Jason & the Dragon

Markings

a circle with small crown

Watermarks

Fleur-de-lis*

Wikidata ID

Q74069573


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