A Standing Man Leaning on a Stick, c. 1662

Not on View

Medium

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

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.)

Credit Line

The Edith Tanenbaum Rudolf Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Mahoney 1977, no. 46.13

Accession Number

2022.75.5

Artists / Makers

Salvator Rosa (artist) Neapolitan, 1615 - 1673

Image Use

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Inscription

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

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

Azzolini, Decio, Cardinal
Azzolini, Pompeo, Marchese
Christina of Sweden, Queen
Galerie Gerda Bassenge
Odescalchi, Duke Bracciano, Livio, Principe
Odescalchi, Ladislao Prince
Rudolf, William
Stanza del Borgo

Bibliography

1977: Mahoney, MIchael. The Drawings of Salvator Rosa. New York, 1977: no. 46.13 (reproduced, vol. II).