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Salvator Rosa Italian
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Despite the 'pinx.' in the inscription, there is no known painting related to this etching, and apparently none was ever done, see: Wallace 1979, p. 305.
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Title: The Rescue of the Infant Oedipus
Artist:
Salvator Rosa (Italian, Arenella (Naples) 1615–1673 Rome)
Date: 1663
Medium: Etching with drypoint
Dimensions:
Sheet: 29 5/16 × 19 1/2 in. (74.5 × 49.5 cm)
Plate: 28 3/4 × 18 11/16 in. (73.1 × 47.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924
Object Number: 24.63.1830
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