Salvator Rosa
Diogenes Casting Away His Cup

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Artist Salvator Rosa Italian (Neapolitan), 1615–1673

CultureItalian

Titles

Diogenes Casting Away His Cup

Datec. 1660

PlaceNaples, Italy

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 85 × 57 1/2 in. (215.9 × 146.1 cm)
Frame: 93 1/8 × 66 1/8 in. (236.6 × 168 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.2004.10

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Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

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PAINTING

ProvenanceProbably collection of Frederick Richard Leyland (1831–1892), England, c. 1890; [Fischer, Lucerne, Switzerland, September 4–7, 1924, lot 92 (as “Moses in the Wilderness”)]; private collection, Munich, 1971; [sale, Munich]; purchased by [Cohen Bros., Trafalgar Galleries, London]; half shares to [Hazlitt Gallery, London, 1972] and [Richard L. Feigen, New York]; private collection, New York; [Christie’s, London, July 9, 2003, lot 88]; [Christie’s, London, July 8, 2004, lot 164]; [Richard L. Feigen, New York]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 2004.

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