Milo of Croton

Salvator Rosa (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

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ClassificationsDrawings

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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