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Provenance
1st Earl of Leicester, his mount with the attribution 'Salvator Rosa' in Thomas Peletier's (?) hand
Literature
M. Mahoney, The Drawings of Salvator Rosa, I, New York, 1979, no. 25.6, illustrated
A.E. Popham and C.E. Lloyd, Old Master Drawings at Holkham Hall, Chicago, 1986, no. 221
Exhibited
London, Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd., Old Master Drawings from Holkham, 1977, no. 56

Lot Essay

Professor Mahoney suggests that this dates from Rosa's Florentine period, 1640-9. The pointing youth at the lower right is similar to a full length figure in a drawing from the Odescalchi Collection sold at Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, M. Mahoney, op. cit., no. 25.7, illustrated

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