A man looks down at an infant lying on the ground; above there is a head study, 1660 – 1669

Title

A man looks down at an infant lying on the ground; above there is a head study

Draughtsman

• Salvator Rosa

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• chalk?
• coal?
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• pencil drawing
• chalk drawing?
• charcoal drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Neapolitan

Production Reason

• figure study
• sketch

Captions Added Later

Unten links Stempel der Sammlung John Bouverie, England (Lugt 325); verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht feststellbar

Work Catalogues

• Mahoney 1977.I.673.79.4

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1908

Genre

• historical narration

Primary

• 31A(+64) the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) (+ downward)
• 31D1121(+55) tot, toddler ~ the ages of man (+ sitting on the ground)
• 96C(ROMULUS)123(+0) the herdsman Faustulus discovers Romulus and Remus (+ variant)