Alexander in the Studio of Apelles

c. 1662

Salvator Rosa

Artist, Neapolitan, 1615 - 1673

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 45.5 x 27.5 cm (17 15/16 x 10 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1985.63.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Theodoli 1992, no. 114, State ii/iii


Artwork history & notes

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.

1985

  • Christopher Mendez, OLD MASTER PRINTS, London: 11/85, no.56.

1992

  • Theodoli, Olimpia. Salvator Rosa, 1615-1673: Acqueforti. Bergamo: Alcon, 1992.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: Alexandro M. multa imperite in officina disserenti / silentium comiter suadebat Apelles, rideri eum dicens / a pueris, qui colores tererent. / Salvator Rosa Inu. Scul.

Markings

d star

Watermarks

Anchor w/letters EM in circle, surmounted by 6-pointe*

Wikidata ID

Q74070437


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