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Sketch of a Child's Head
attributed to Salvator Rosa, 1615–1673; born Naples, Italy; died Rome, Italy
x1948-1276
Information
Title
Sketch of a Child's Head
Maker
attributed to Salvator Rosa
Medium
Pen, brown ink and a little brown and gray-brown wash over black chalk
Dimensions
8.3 x 13 cm (3 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Dan Fellows Platt, Class of 1895
Object Number
x1948-1276
Inscription
bottom recto: the letter M, and perhaps others, repeated three times in different styles
Culture
Type
Subject
- Felton Gibbons, Catalogue of Italian Drawings in The Art Museum, Princeton University, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1977).
- Michael Mahoney, The drawings of Salvator Rosa, (New York; London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1977)., 369, vol. 1 (illus. no. 32.5, vol. 2)
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Nicholas Turner, "Review of "catalogue of Italian drawings in the Art Museum", Princeton University by Felton Gibbons," Art bulletin 62, no. 3 (Sept., 1980), p. 486-490.
, p. 489
