A Man Trapped between a Lion and a Serpent, 1790s

Not on View

Medium

pen and brown ink with gray wash on laid paper, laid down on an old mount

Dimensions

sheet: 22.7 × 18.9 cm (8 15/16 × 7 7/16 in.)
mount: 40.7 × 33.8 cm (16 × 13 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Joseph F. McCrindle Endowment Fund

Accession Number

2018.60.1

Artists / Makers

Richard Cosway (artist) British, 1740/1742 - 1821

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand, lower right in graphite: Richard Cosway del. / Jacob. Epstein

Provenance

The artist, until his death in 1821; Maria Cosway, Lodi, until her death in 1838; Collegio delle Grazie, Lodi, until 1896; (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 1 June 1896, no. 159 ['Naked Man clinging to a rock, between a serpent and a lion--pen and ink, washed']; bought by Sabin. Sir Jacob Epstein [1880-1959], according to inscription on the mount. (sale, London, Christie's, 7 April 1998, no. 1); Bernadette and William M. B. Berger, Denver, CO; The Berger Collection Educational Trust; (sale, Sotheby's, New York, 25 January 2017, no. 91); (Trinity Fine Art, London); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Associated Names

Trinity Fine Art Ltd.

Exhibition History

2023: Drawing in Britain, 1700 - 1900: New Additions to the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.