Lot Essay
Mahoney (op. cit.) dates the drawing to the late 1630s or early 1640s, suggesting that the figures may have been intended as staffage for Rosa's paintings.
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Three men in a landscape
Details
Salvator Rosa (Arenella, Naples 1615-1673 Rome)
Three men in a landscape
pen and brown ink, brown wash
1¾ x 4¼ in. (4.2 x 10.5 cm.)
Three men in a landscape
pen and brown ink, brown wash
1¾ x 4¼ in. (4.2 x 10.5 cm.)
Provenance
The Marquis of Lansdowne, Meikleour; and by descent.
Literature
M. Mahoney, The Drawings of Salvator Rosa, New York and London, 1977, no. 8.10.
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