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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.355
People
Salvator Rosa, Italian (Arenella, Naples 1615 - 1673 Rome)
Title
The Genius of Salvator Rosa
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1662
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370320

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 46 × 27.7 cm (18 1/8 × 10 7/8 in.)
sheet: 47.7 × 29.5 cm (18 3/4 × 11 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower right: Ingenus, Liber, Pictor Succensor, et Aequus, / Spretor Opum, Mortisque.hic meus est Genius. / Salvator Rosa

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[R. E. Lewis, Inc. Original Prints and Drawings, San Francisco], sold; to Mariot F. Solomon (Mrs. Hugh Matthews), Cambridge, 1964, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Bartsch 277; Wallace 113; Salamon 99

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.355
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Verification Level

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