Lot Essay
The recto is for the left part of the Philosopher's Grove in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence, J. Scott, Salvator Rosa, His Life and Time, Hong Kong, pl. 56. Michael Mahoney dates the drawing to the 1640s.
Details
Salvator Rosa (1615-1673)
A Peasant Family and Sheep at a Ford with overhanging Trees (recto); An extensive View of a Bay with a Seaport (verso)
red chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
327 x 204mm.
A Peasant Family and Sheep at a Ford with overhanging Trees (recto); An extensive View of a Bay with a Seaport (verso)
red chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
327 x 204mm.
Provenance
Probably Queen Christina.
By descent to Cardinal Azzolini.
Prince Livio Odescalchi, by descent to Prince Pompeo Odescalchi.
Anon. sale, Christie's, 30 March 1976, lot 52, illustrated (£1,000).
By descent to Cardinal Azzolini.
Prince Livio Odescalchi, by descent to Prince Pompeo Odescalchi.
Anon. sale, Christie's, 30 March 1976, lot 52, illustrated (£1,000).
Literature
M. Mahoney, Salvator Rosa, exhib. cat., Hayward Gallery, London, 1973, under no. 77.
M. Mahoney, The Drawings of Salvator Rosa, New York and London, 1977, no. 76.10 (recto) and no. 76.5 (verso), illustrated.
M. Mahoney, The Drawings of Salvator Rosa, New York and London, 1977, no. 76.10 (recto) and no. 76.5 (verso), illustrated.