SALVATOR ROSA The Fall of the Giants * The Rescue of the Infant Oedipus.
Two etchings, 1663. Both approximately 720x475 mm; 28½x19 inches, full margins. Both in the second state (of 2). Lily in a double-circle watermark. Both superb, richly-inked impressions with little to no sign of wear.
According to Wallace, these etching were conceived by Rosa (1615-1673) as pendants. These twin meditations on Fate, downfall and ruin are the richest and most varied of all Rosa's large etchings. Bartsch 21 and 8; Wallace 115 and 116.
