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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.)
Credit Line Charles H. Bayley Picture and Painting Fund
Accession Number1986.579
NOT ON VIEW
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