Lot 45
45
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Provenance
1st Earl of Leicester, his mount with the attribution 'Salvator Rossa' in Thomas Pelletier's (?) hand
Literature
M. Mahoney, The Drawings of Salvator Rosa, New York, 1977, I, no. 45.11, illustrated
R.W. Wallace, The Etchings of Salvator Rosa, Princeton, 1979, under nos. 41 and 43
A.E. Popham and C.E. Lloyd, Old Master Drawings at Holkham Hall, Chicago, 1986, no. 228
Engraved
Etched, in reverse, with the figure in the background omitted (Bartsch 47, R.W. Wallace, The Etchings of Salvator Rosa, Princeton, 1979, no. 41, illustrated)

Lot Essay

A preparatory study for one of the plates of the Figurine which probably date from 1656-7. In the etching the bearded man is omitted, although in a variant of the print a similar figure replaces the seated soldier holding a spear, R.W. Wallace, op. cit., no. 43, illustrated

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