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St. Albert
Draughtsman: Rosa, Salvator
Height: 165 mm
Width: 97 mm
Method of acquisition: Given (1862) by VanSittart, Augustus Arthur
This drawing corresponds, in reverse, to the upper part of the figure of St. Albert in the etching by Salvator Rosa, Bartsch 2 (Vol. XX, p. 269), see 31-I.8, 133 - it is based on the classical sculpture of Marsyas now in the Uffizi as part of the Medici collections. In the Villa Medici on the Pincio in Rosa's day
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Black chalk on paper - offset of print
Accession number: 3126
Primary reference Number: 7822
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Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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