The Crucifixion of Polycrates, c. 1662

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Medium

etching and drypoint on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 47.5 x 72.3 cm (18 11/16 x 28 7/16 in.)

sheet: 54.5 x 78 cm (21 7/16 x 30 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Theodoli 1992, no. 111, State ii/ii

Accession Number

1985.21.1

Artists / Makers

Salvator Rosa (artist) Neapolitan, 1615 - 1673

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center in plate: Polycrates Sami Tyrannus, opibus et felicitate inclytus, ab Orete Persarum Satrapa captus, ac cruci / affixus docuit, neminem ante obitum mer ito dici posse felicem. / Salvator Rosa Inu. pinx. Scul. (Polycrates, tyrant of Samos, famous for hi s wealth and good fortune, when he was captured by Oretes, Satrap of the Persians, and fastened on a cross, showed that no man can truly be called happy until he is dead.)

Provenance

Earl Spencer (L.2341a)

Associated Names

Artemis Fine Arts Inc.

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.