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Man with Staff Seen from Behind (”Figurine”)

Man with Staff Seen from Behind (”Figurine”)

Artist
Salvator Rosa
Italian
1615–1673

This fine etching from Salvator Rosa's Figurine series is printed on 16th century Italian paper bearing the top half of a watermark showing an anchor surmounted by a six-pointed star. Another Rosa etching acquired at the same time, Soldier Standing, Holding a Cane and Facing Left, has the bottom half, indicating they were originally part of the same sheet.

Date
c. 1656
Medium
Etching, Drypoint
Support
Laid Paper