A Philosopher (Democritus in Meditation)
manner of Salvator Rosa (Arenella, Naples 1615 – Rome 1673)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
953 x 622 mm (37 1/2 x 24 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 27419
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Philosopher, manner of Salvator Rosa (Arenella, Naples 1615 – Rome 1673). In ornate gilded plaster frame. A philosopher seated, left hand pressed against his forehead, holding a book. Other books open open on ground beside him. Below picture on frame in black; SALVATOR ROSA. Damage to gilding on frame, upper left side. The original painting is now in te Staten Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen. On back, on vertical stretcher in chalk; Kaynes. On horizontal stretcher in chalk; Lady Wraxall No. 24. White printed label placed centrally at base annotated in pencil reads; Lady Wraxall / FROST & REED LTD / BRISTOL LONDON / CLARE STREET 41 NEW BOND ST W.1 / ARTISTIC FRAME MAKERS ESTABLISHED 1808 / FINE ART PUBLISHERS PICTURE RESTORATION. / NO. 7301 Date. 28.6.51.
Provenance
Purchased at Lord Northwick's posthumous sale, 1859, no. 997 (£78); purchased by the National Trust from the estate of the late George Richard Lawley Gibbs, 2nd Lord Wraxall (1928 – 2001) with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters in 2002
Credit line
Tyntesfield, The Gibbs Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
manner of Salvator Rosa (Arenella, Naples 1615 – Rome 1673), artist