Catalogue No. 71
Artist: Rosa, Salvator
Portrait of a Man
1615-73
Oil on canvas, in a painted oval 27 ins by 21 ins
Portrait of a Man
1615-73
Oil on canvas, in a painted oval 27 ins by 21 ins
Collection Details
With Viancini, Venice; with Agnew, 1966, from whom bought by Lord Faringdon.
Literature
Luigi Salerno, ‘Il dissenso nella pittura’, Storia dell’ Arte, 1970, No.5, p.62 and fig.49; idem, L’opera completa di Salvator Rosa, 1975, No.99.
Exhibition Details
Agnew, Baroque and Rococo in Italy, 1966, No.6.
Background
At one time thought to be a self-portrait, but this seems unlikely. It is probable that it was painted during the period in the 1640s when the artist was working in Tuscany.
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