The Death of Atilius Regulus, c. 1662

Not on View

Medium

etching with drypoint on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 46.4 × 72.9 cm (18 1/4 × 28 11/16 in.)

sheet: 53.4 × 75.7 cm (21 × 29 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased as the Gift of Robert B. Loper

Catalogue Raisonné

Theodoli 1992, no. 110, State ii/ii

Accession Number

2016.149.1

Artists / Makers

Salvator Rosa (artist) Neapolitan, 1615 - 1673

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center in image: Io: Bapte Ricciardo Amico Unico / Attilium Regulum in praecipitis Fortunae uertigine tot inter clauos firmioris constantiae centrum / Salvator Rosa Inu pinx. Sculp.

Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); purchased 2016 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bergquist, James A., Mr.

Bibliography

1802: Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821: no. 9.

1979: Wallace, Richard W. The Etchings of Salvator Rosa. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1979: no. 110, ii/ii

1992: Theodoli, Olimpia. Salvator Rosa, 1615-1673: Acqueforti. Bergamo: Alcon, 1992: no. 110, ii/ii.