Lot Essay
Michael Mahoney dates this drawing to the 1640s, Rosa's Florentine period
Details
SALVATOR ROSA* (1615-1673)
A bearded Man gesturing to Heaven with a young Man in supplication before him: possibly for a Return of the Prodigal Son
pen and brown ink, brown wash
3¼ x 4in. (89 x 100mm.)
A bearded Man gesturing to Heaven with a young Man in supplication before him: possibly for a Return of the Prodigal Son
pen and brown ink, brown wash
3¼ x 4in. (89 x 100mm.)
Provenance
J. Richardson, Sen., his characteristic mount with his shelfmark 'B:14/h.' (verso)
Sir Joshua Reynolds (L. 2364), partly erased
Sir Joshua Reynolds (L. 2364), partly erased
Literature
M. Mahoney, The Drawings of Salvator Rosa, New York and London, 1977, I, no. 11.5, II, illustrated