Artist: Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615–1673), painter, etcher, playwright, and musician.
Title: Two warriors, one seated asleep on a foreground rock.
Signed in plate: with monogram in reverse.
Dimensions: image/plate 4 7/8" x 3 1/2".
Edition: unknown.
Date: c. 1656–1657 (plate).
Materials and Techniques: etching on laid paper pasted to the backing sheet in two places along the top edge.
Mat and Frame: backing sheet.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: glue stain in the u.r. corner. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonne: Bartsch. Le Peintre graveur. Vol. XX, p. 285, No. 59.
Part of: from the series of Figurine.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum W,7.35.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Italian School XVII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from the British Museum collection.