Lot 2133
MANNER OF SALVATOR ROSA (1615-1673)
GALEN CONTEMPLATING A SKELETON IN THE WILDERNESS
Oil on canvas, unframed
51 x 43cm approx
* The subject is found as the engraved frontispiece in William Cheselden's `Osteographia or The Anatomy of Bones` (publ.1733) and was also issued as a mezzotint by Messrs Sayer and Bennett in 1775 but the print is not attributed in either instance.
