Salvator Rosa (1615-1673)

細節

Salvator Rosa (1615-1673)

Saint John the Baptist preaching to the Multitude

signed 'SAL ORE ROSA'

43 7/8 x 63¼in. (111.5 x 160.5cm.)

來源

The Earls of Lowther, Lowther Castle, no.40; sale, Maple & Co. Ltd. and Thomas Wyatt (on the premises), April-June 1947, lot 1730, as Italian School, 17th Century; acquired by the present owner from the purchaser

拍品專文

The attribution has been confirmed by Professor Giuliano Briganti (letter of 11 May 1987) and Professor Luigi Salerno (letter of 22 February 1988), both of whom identify the present picture as an early work. Briganti compares it with a group of pictures published by Salerno (Il dissenso nella pittura. Intorno a Filippo Napoletano, Caroselli, Salvator Rosa e altri, Storia dell'Arte , 5, 1970, p.34) and in particular with a picture of 'A Soldier with three Beggars' (also published by Salerno in L'opera completa di Salvator Rosa, 1975, no.15, illustrated). Briganti dates the present painting to Rosa's brief first stay in Rome in 1639 and points out the stylistic connections with the Bamboccianti and above all Cerquozzi