Description
Salvator Rosa was a painter, etcher, poet, and actor, as well as a musician. Born in Naples, he was active there and in Rome and Florence. He produced over 100 etchings after 1650, including the series Diverse Figures, to which this print belongs.
A bearded old man seated on a rock and making a hortatory gesture toward three men opposite him, from Figurine series
n.d.
Accession Number
80551
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Clipped unevenly within plate: 14.4 × 9.2 cm (5 11/16 × 3 5/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Logan
