The infant Oedipus is tied to a tree by the shepherd to whom he was entrusted by his parents. Etching by S. Rosa.

  • Rosa, Salvatore, 1615-1673.
Date:
1600-1699
Reference:
38768i
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1600-1699

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1 print : etching ; platemark 72 x 47.5 cm

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Julio Martinello amico cariss.mo. Oedipus hic fixis, versisque ad sidera plantis / Edocet ad sortem quemlibet ire suam. Salvator Rosa inv. pinx. scul.

References note

Adam Bartsch, Le peintre graveur, Würzburg 1920-1922, vol. 20, p. 163, no. 8
Maria Rosaria Nappi (ed.), Rosa-rame: Salvator Rosa incisore nelle collezioni dell'Istituto nazionale per la Grafica, Rome 2015, no. 93, pp. 146-147

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Wellcome Collection 38768i

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