Studies for a Figure Lifted from a Grave or Pit by Cords (recto); Further Study of the Same Figure (verso) by Salvator Rosa — Salvator Rosa. Studies for a Figure Lifted from a Grave or Pit by Cords (recto); Further Study of the Same Figure (verso), 1615–73. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Studies for a Figure Lifted from a Grave or Pit by Cords (recto); Further Study of the Same Figure (verso)

by Salvator Rosa

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Artist: Salvator Rosa (Italian, Arenella (Naples) 1615–1673 Rome)
Date: 1615–73
Medium: Pen and brown ink (recto and verso)
Dimensions: 6 3/16 x 4 7/8in. (15.7 x 12.4cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Walter C. Baker Gift, 1969
Accession no.: 69.20

Provenance

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