Salvator Rosa
Diogenes Casting Away His Cup

ArtistItalian (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
Not on view

Explore Further

Object Type
ProvenanceProbably 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 share to Hazlitt Gallery, London, 1972]; [Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York]; private collection, New York; [Christie’s, London, July 9, 2003, lot 88, bought in]; [Christie’s, London, July 8, 2004, lot 164, bought in]; [Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 2004.

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

The Witches' Sabbath
Salvator Rosa
c. 1640–1649
Oil on canvas
BF.1982.7
A Walking Warrior Carrying a Long Staff over His Shoulder
Salvator Rosa
Etching with drypoint
BF.1999.12
The Genius of Salvator Rosa
Salvator Rosa
c. 1662
Etching and drypoint
BF.1997.7
Alexander the Great in the Studio of Apelles
Salvator Rosa
c. 1662
Etching and drypoint
BF.1997.8
Saint Paul Writing His Epistles
c. 1618-20
Oil on canvas
BF.1991.4
Tobias Healing His Father's Blindness
Mattia Preti
Late 1670s
Oil on canvas
BF.1984.25
A warrior holding a staff over his shoulder and stepping off a low ledge
Salvator Rosa
c. 1656–1657
Etching with drypoint on laid paper, state I/I
70.43.2
Standing warrior holding a long staff over his shoulder and pointing
Salvator Rosa
c. 1656–1657
Etching with drypoint on laid paper, state II/II
70.43.4
Portrait of André Ernest Modeste Grétry ?
18th century
Oil on canvas
BF.1979.10
The Thames at Westminster Abbey
c. 1765
Oil on canvas
BF.1986.11