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Name:
The Finding of Moses
Artist:
Salvator Rosa (Italian, b.1615, d.1673), painter
Date:
Late 1650s
Place:
Rome/Italy
Medium:
oil on canvas
Measurements:
53 x 38 in. (134.6 x 96.5 cm)
Classification:
Painting
Department:
European Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings
Credit Line:
Fanny Bryce Lehmer Endowment
Provenance:
Welbore Ellis (1713-1802), by 1785 [1]; Francesco Festa, by May 1952, sold through (Ettore Sestieri, Rome, May 1952) [2]; (Knoedler and Company, New York [Inv. No. A 4920], and Pinakos, Inc. New York, May 1952 to November 1968, later wholly owned by [3]); (Pinakos, Inc. New York, 1869-ca. 1976); ( Heinemann Gallery, New York, consigned to); (Thomas Agnew and Sons, London, 1976 to 1980, sold to; Cincinnati Art Musuem, 1980-present. Notes: [1] Ellis was pronounced 1st Baron of Mendip in 1794. The painting was engraved for John Boydell in 1785 while in Ellis' collection. [2] Correspondence, November 11, 1992. [3] M. Knoedler & Co. sold its share in the painting to Pinakos, Inc. in 1968. Pinakos, Inc. was owned by Rudolf Heinemann [d. 1975], proprietor of the Heinemann Gallery.
Accession No:
1980.255

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