Mercury and the Dishonest Woodman
Maker
(artist)
1615-1673
1615-1673
Title
Mercury and the Dishonest Woodman
Date of Production
1655 - 1659
Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 10.6 cm
Width: 15.1 cm
Width: 15.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2116
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
John Bouverie, England (1722/1723-1750), L.325; Sotheby's (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Special Display - Neapolitan drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 06/10/2011-26/01/2012
Literature
Mahoney, Michael, The drawings of Salvator Rosa, New York and London 1977
no. 51.1
no. 51.1
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: entire sheet, brown ink, fragment of a letter, cut off at edges: “[…]vanni le fu prossimo [?] quale [?] / […]ccellino ottien in quel Palazo? Salon di Castello [?] de[?] / magine domo dif a da ferr e chi [?] tanto è [?] mio gusto si mag [last 2 words crossed out, above added the following word] v[?] / in giro in un Villa Cant[?] in altra Villa Nanzio / Vir[?] in [?] gela[?] / dalla [?]. Mem[?] do mi frequentano e di[?] / madesi in Tempo. Libro du[?] à [?] / [?] orindero la [?] di pote[...] / alli [?] il [?] Venerdi “//.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: John Bouverie (L.325).
Inscription: Verso: entire sheet, brown ink, fragment of a letter, cut off at edges: “[…]vanni le fu prossimo [?] quale [?] / […]ccellino ottien in quel Palazo? Salon di Castello [?] de[?] / magine domo dif a da ferr e chi [?] tanto è [?] mio gusto si mag [last 2 words crossed out, above added the following word] v[?] / in giro in un Villa Cant[?] in altra Villa Nanzio / Vir[?] in [?] gela[?] / dalla [?]. Mem[?] do mi frequentano e di[?] / madesi in Tempo. Libro du[?] à [?] / [?] orindero la [?] di pote[...] / alli [?] il [?] Venerdi “//.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: John Bouverie (L.325).
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