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Maker(s):Rosa, Salvator
Culture:Italian (1615 - 1673)
Title:Fishermen Pulling in Their Nets
Date Made:late 1660's
Type:Drawing
Materials:Pen and brown (iron gall) ink with brush and gray (chalk and ink?) wash on beige laid paper
Place Made:Italy
Measurements:mount: 9 1/8 in x 11 5/16 in; 23.1775 cm x 28.73375 cm; sheet: 5 1/4 in x 6 7/8 in; 13.335 cm x 17.4625 cm
Accession Number:  SC 2010.59
Credit Line:Anonymous gift from a private collection, Connecticut
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
study; sketch of a mass of figures in various poses pulling on their nets

Label Text:
Label text for ARH 240 French and Italian Drawings Renaissance through Romanticism, written by Maggie Hoot, class of 2016:

Rosa did not train or work in the traditional manner.
While most artists planned their major works with preparatory drawings, he would just start painting. The freedom and energy of this approach carried into his drawings, leading to the vivacity evident in this almost slapdash sketch. Rosa focused on networks of muscle and line instead of trying to delineate individual figures. This sketch is a prime example of the caustic nature of iron gall ink: although it starts out black, over time the iron in the ink rusts, producing the brown hue it bears today. Moreover, this ink has a tendency to bleed, creating loose lines, especially around the figures’ faces.

Tags:
men; nudes; water; labor

Subjects:
Men; nudes (representations); Labor; Water

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