Lot Essay
Dated by Mahoney to the 1650s
Details
Salvator Rosa (1615-1673)
A Pikeman with a Soldier beyond
with inscription '24' on the mount; black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, on reddish preparation
150 x 70mm.
A Pikeman with a Soldier beyond
with inscription '24' on the mount; black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, on reddish preparation
150 x 70mm.
Provenance
Probably Queen Christina
Cardinal Decio Azzolino
Marchese Pompeo Azzolino
Prince Livio Odescalchi, and by descent
Galerie Bassenge
Cardinal Decio Azzolino
Marchese Pompeo Azzolino
Prince Livio Odescalchi, and by descent
Galerie Bassenge
Literature
M. Mahoney, The Drawings of Salvator Rosa, New York and London, 1977, I, no. 46.14, illustrated