Salvator Rosa (Naples 1615-1673)

Figures on a rocky coastal inlet

Details

Salvator Rosa (Naples 1615-1673)
Figures on a rocky coastal inlet
black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash
7 7/8 x 13 3/8 in. (20.1 x 33.9 cm)

Provenance

Count Moritz von Fries, Vienna (1777-1826) (L. 2903).
Sir Thomas Lawrence, London (1769-1830) (L. 2445).
John Watkins Brett, London (1805-1863); Christie's, 8 April 1864, lot 498, 'S. Rosa – A rocky scene &c. – pen and ink. 3', (8s to Bloxam).
M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum; with his inscription, date and attribution 'Rugby School Art Museum/ e dono Matt H Bloxam 1880/ Salvator Rosa?/ From the collection of Sir Thomas Lawrence' (on the mount).

Literature

Anne Popham, typescript catalogue, no. 116, as anonymous, 18th Century.

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Lot Essay

For landscape drawings by Rosa executed in a similarly loose and mixed technique, see M. Mahoney, The Drawings of Salvator Rosa, New York and London, 1977, I, 55.1, 55.11, 76.4 and 76.7, ill. The latter drawing shows freely drawn figures which are particularly close to those in the present sheet.

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