A figure falling from a horse and studies of heads

Details

Salvator Rosa (Arenella 1615-1673 Rome)
A figure falling from a horse and studies of heads
with inscription 'Salvator Rosa'
pen and brown ink, minor losses
5¼ x 6 in. (133 x 151 mm.)

Provenance

The mounter's mark for F. Renaud (L. 1042).
Sir Thomas Lawrence (L. 2445).

Literature

M. Mahoney, The Drawings of Salvator Rosa, New York and London, 1977, p. 244, no. 18.1.

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Lot Essay

Michael Mahoney relates the figure falling from his horse in the lower register of this drawing to Rosa's large picture of a battle in the Galleria Palatina, Florence, M. Mahoney, op. cit., p. 243, pl. 27. Dr Mahoney dates the picture, and by extension the present drawing, to 1645-6.

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