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Milo of Croton
Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615–1673)
about 1666
Medium/Technique
Pen and brown ink and brush with brown wash, heightened with white (oxidized), some touches of graphite, laid down
Dimensions
Sheet (image): 31.1 x 22.2 cm (12 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.)
Mount: 44.2 x 32.8 cm (17 3/8 x 12 15/16 in.)
Framed: 66 x 55.9 cm (26 x 22 in.)
Mount: 44.2 x 32.8 cm (17 3/8 x 12 15/16 in.)
Framed: 66 x 55.9 cm (26 x 22 in.)
Credit Line
Charles H. Bayley Picture and Painting Fund
Accession Number1986.579
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
DescriptionLaid down on elaborate antique mount with decorative pen and brown ink and wash framing devices.
Marks
PDP Watermark Type: Illegible circular watermark
InscriptionsInscribed in pen and brown ink and wash framing devices. Inscribed in pen and brown ink at bottom "SALV:ROSA 1614-1673 fromvol 1 VI: no 38 MILO"
ProvenanceEarls of Pembroke (sale, Sotheby, London, July 5, 1917, lot 516); A. G. B. Russell (b. 1879, London, Lugt suppl. 2770a); sale, Sotheby, London, May 22, 1928, lot 81-repr.; to Durlacher for 66 pounds; John Nicholas Brown; Angela Fischer, RI; from whom purchased November 1986