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Salvator Rosa (Arenella, Naples 1615-1673 Rome)
Lot 30

Salvator Rosa (Arenella, Naples 1615-1673 Rome)

A group of Oriental figures, with a man pulling another up from below by the shoulders

Closed3 July 2012

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Salvator Rosa (Arenella, Naples 1615-1673 Rome)
A group of Oriental figures, with a man pulling another up from below by the shoulders
red chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
4¼ x 2½ in. (10.5 x 6.4 cm.)

The Marquis of Lansdowne, Meikleour; and by descent.

Specialist note

Mahoney (op. cit.) suggests that the present work dates from the late 1630s or early 1640s, and that the figures may have been intended as staffage for Rosa's landscape paintings.