Harris Schrank Fine Prints

SALVATOR ROSA (1615-1673)
Diverse Figure

Complete set of 62 etchings with drypoint (including the etched frontispiece), circa 1656-57. Each approximately 145×95 mm; 6×4 inches, with thread margins or trimmed on the plate marks. Each in the only state or second state (of 2). Each laid at the edges to the original mount sheet from the original Chatsworth album (fourteen sheets with four etchings per sheet; one sheet with five etchings).

Superb, richly-inked and early impressions, many printed with plate tone.

Provenance: Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth; Colnaghi, London. Bartsch 25-86; Wallace 6, 9-14, 21, 24-27, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35-37, 39-41, 44, 46-55, 57-60, 62-64, 65b, 66-71, 73-84 and 86-91. Sold 5 December 1985, Christie’s London, Old Master Prints from Chatsworth, lot 160.