Salvator, from "The Art Union" (later "The Art Journal"), opposite p. 252

August 1848

Not on view

Maclise exploited the nineteenth century’s fascination with past artists by depicting the Italian painter Salvator Rosa (1615–1673) showing one of his paintings to a potential client. The scene was suggested by a passage in Lady Morgan’s "The Life and Times of Salvator Rosa," published in two volumes in London in 1824. Joubert’s print after the painting was first published in the English art monthly "The Art Union" (later "The Art Journal") in August 1848. It accompanied a text that admired Maclise’s "work of stirling merit . . . while the various accessories composing the usual contents of the connoisseurs’ bazaar are put together with the happiest effect." Joubert rendered with skill the mass of objects and furniture in the cluttered interior.

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Title: Salvator, from "The Art Union" (later "The Art Journal"), opposite p. 252
Series/Portfolio: The Art Union
Engraver: Ferdinand Joubert (French, Paris 1810–1884 Menton)
Artist: After Daniel Maclise (Irish, Cork 1806–1870 London)
Subject: Salvator Rosa (Italian, Arenella (Naples) 1615–1673 Rome)
Date: August 1848
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed within plate): 11 5/16 × 9 1/16 in. (28.7 × 23 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Donato Esposito, 2013
Object Number: 2013.525.4
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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