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An old, ragged man with a gourd on his hip walking with a staff, from the series 'Figurine'

Salvator Rosa

ca. 1656–57

An old, ragged man with a gourd on his hip walking with a staff, from the series 'Figurine' by Salvator Rosa

Medium

Etching with drypoint

Dimensions

Sheet: 7 15/16 x 5 3/16 in. (20.2 x 13.2 cm) Plate: 5 1/2 x 3 9/16 in. (14 x 9 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Accession Number

2012.136.299.5

Tags

MenWalking

About the Artist

Salvator Rosa · 16151673

Salvator Rosa was born in 1615 in Arenella, on the outskirts of Naples, into a world of artistic ambition and turbulent talent. His early training came through his maternal uncle, the painter Paolo Greco, and his brother-in-law Francesco Fracanzano, himself a pupil of the great Spanish-born Neapolitan master Jusepe de Ribera. Rosa showed a fierce independence from the start, resisting his father's...

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