Landscape

mid 1660s

Salvator Rosa

Associated Names
Salvator Rosa

Artist, Neapolitan, 1615 - 1673

The image shows a sketchy landscape with figures near a body of water, viewed from a slightly elevated perspective. The scene includes rocks, foliage, and small figures in the foreground and distance. The drawing is done in fine, loose lines with a color palette of brown, gray, and soft blue tones on aged paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with gray wash on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    Overall (approximate): 19.1 x 13.1 cm (7 1/2 x 5 3/16 in.)
    support: 32.8 x 25.7 cm (12 15/16 x 10 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1971.25.2

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1974

  • Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts: Sculptures, Drawings, Prints. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1974:203.

1977

  • Mahoney 1977, 76.7.

1979

  • Wallace, Richard W. Salvator Rosa in America. Wellesley, MA, 1979: 56.

Inscriptions

in later hand, lower center: Salvator Rosa; across top: Given to S. Bird Esq. by Lord Cholmondeley; vertical along right edge verso: Givenby the Earle of Cholm. / Cholmondeley /Chalmondel

Wikidata ID

Q64630224

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