Belisarius (after Salvator Rosa)
Sir Robert Strange (Orkney 1721 – London 1792)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper, linen
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Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732611
Summary
Print, engraving mounted on canvas, Belisarius (after Salvator Rosa) by Sir Robert Strange (Orkney 1721 – London 1792). From the original painting of Salvator Rosa, in the collection of the Right Hon, the Lord Viscount Townshend. Sold at the Golden Head in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden.' Belisarius dressed in rags and the remnants of his armour, standing in front of a ruined temple with his stick beside him, holding out both his hands, beseeching charity, watched by three Roman soldiers on the right, who peer around fallen masonry including a stone with a bas-relief showing a sacrifical bull, priests and
Makers and roles
Sir Robert Strange (Orkney 1721 – London 1792), engraver after Salvator Rosa (Arenella, Naples 1615 – Rome 1673), artist