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Milo of Croton

Milo of Croton

(Italian, 1615–1673)
about 1666
Medium/TechniquePen and brown ink and brush with brown wash, heightened with white (oxidized), some touches of graphite, laid down
DimensionsSheet (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 LineCharles H. Bayley Picture and Painting Fund
Accession number1986.579
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
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