Op straat spelende jongens
1625 - 1673
Medium
pen
Dimensions
124; 109
About this artwork
…; by descent through the families Skippe, Martin and Holland to Edward Holland-Martin (1900-?) Old Colwall, Colwall, Herefordshire;{According to the catalogue for the sale John Skippe, Edward Holland Martin, London (Christie’s) 20 November 1958 sqq., p. 3.} his sale, London (Christie’s), 20 (21) November 1958 sqq., no. 187 H, fl. 120, to the museum
About the Artist
Salvator Rosa · 1615–1673
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...