A man enveloped in a cloak and wearing a wide brimmed hat sleeping on the ground

red chalk, 3 1/4 x 4 1/8 in; 83 x 108 mm

Provenance: Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626-1689) and by descent to

Cardinal Decio Azzolini (1623-1689) and to his nephew

Marchese Pompeo Azzolini (d. 1696).

Livio Odescalchi (1652-1713), Duke of Bracciano, Ceri and Syrmia, and by descent to

Baldassare Erba-Odescalchi (1683-1746).

Literature: Michael Mahoney, The Drawings of Salvator Rosa, New York, London 1977, I, 20.9. This delicate study belongs to a group of chalk drawings by Rosa, dated by Michael Mahoney to the early 1640's (eg: 20.10, provenance, same as above)