Salvator, from "The Art Union" (later "The Art Journal"), opposite p. 252
Maclise exploited the nineteenth century’s fascination with past artists by depicting the Italian painter Salvator Rosa (1615–1673) showing one of his paintings to a potential client. The scene was suggested by a passage in Lady Morgan’s "The Life and Times of Salvator Rosa," published in two volumes in London in 1824. Joubert’s print after the painting was first published in the English art monthly "The Art Union" (later "The Art Journal") in August 1848. It accompanied a text that admired Maclise’s "work of stirling merit . . . while the various accessories composing the usual contents of the connoisseurs’ bazaar are put together with the happiest effect." Joubert rendered with skill the mass of objects and furniture in the cluttered interior.
Artwork Details
- Title: Salvator, from "The Art Union" (later "The Art Journal"), opposite p. 252
- Engraver: Ferdinand Joubert (French, Paris 1810–1884 Menton)
- Artist: After Daniel Maclise (Irish, Cork 1806–1870 London)
- Subject: Salvator Rosa (Italian, Arenella (Naples) 1615–1673 Rome)
- Date: August 1848
- Medium: Etching and engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed within plate): 11 5/16 × 9 1/16 in. (28.7 × 23 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Donato Esposito, 2013
- Object Number: 2013.525.4
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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