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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1979.188
People
Salvator Rosa, Italian (Arenella, Naples 1615 - 1673 Rome)
Title
Two Soldiers Stripping Corpses; verso: Soldier Discovering Corpse (counterproof)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1662
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Emilia, Bologna
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/295694

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red chalk on cream antique laid paper, laid down on verso of counterproof
Technique
Counterproof
Dimensions
actual: 15.6 x 11 cm (6 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.188

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer
Accession Year
1979
Object Number
1979.188
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Eunice Williams, Master Drawings and Watercolors: The Hofer Collection, exh. cat., ed. Konrad Oberhuber and William W. Robinson, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 1984), cat. no. 10a, pp. 22-23, repr. p. 83
  • Lisa Hall, "Counterproofs: An Investigation into the History, Materials, Techniques, and Uses of Red Chalk Counterproofs with an Examination of Other Methods of Copying" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, August 1990), Unpublished, pp. 1-62 passim
  • James Harper, Verso: The Flip Side of Master Drawings, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2001), cat. no. 14B, repr. (recto), p. 17

Exhibition History

  • Master Drawings and Watercolors: The Hofer Collection, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, 04/15/1984 - 07/07/1984; Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/05/1984 - 11/29/1984
  • Verso: The Flip Side of Master Drawings, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/19/2001 - 08/12/2001
  • 32Q: 2400 French/Italian/Spanish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/23/2019 - 02/20/2020

Verification Level

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