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Studies for the 'Finding of Moses'

Maker

(artist)
1615-1673

Title

Date of Production

1655 - 1659

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 17.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2725

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

Label Text

Three ‘first ideas’ (primi pensieri) for a painting of the 'Finding of Moses' are combined here with other figures. This shows Rosa's practice of working simultaneously at more than one composition. Following Pharaoh's order to kill every male child born to the Israelites in Egypt, Moses's mother saved her son by placing him in a basket, which she cast into the river. Moses was rescued by the servants of Pharaoh's daughter, as is depicted in the sketch at the upper left of the sheet.

Provenance

John Bouverie, England (1722/1723-1750), L.325; Mrs Bromley Taylor; purchased from her by Colnaghi (London), 12 March 1934; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 30 September 1937, for £4; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Special Display - Neapolitan drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 06/10/2011-26/01/2012

A Passion for Drawings, Collectors at the Courtauld, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 28/02/2002-09/06/2002

Salvator Rosa, London & England, 17/10/1973-23/12/1973 ...More

Master Drawings of the 17th century from the Witt Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Festival Exhibitions, Adelaide, 1968

Neapolitan Baroque and Rococo Painting, Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Durham, 01/06/1962-12/08/1962 ...Less

Literature

Salvator Rosa, Hayward Gallery, London, 1973
no. 66

Mahoney, Michael, The drawings of Salvator Rosa, New York and London 1977
no. 52.1

Neapolitan Baroque and Rococo painting, Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Durham, 1962
no. 46 ...More

Neapolitan Baroque and Rococo Painting, Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Durham, 1962
cat. no. 46 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: John Bouverie (L.325). Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: none.

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