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A Man Trapped between a Lion and a Serpent
Richard Cosway1790s
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: A Man Trapped between a Lion and a Serpent
- Creator: Richard Cosway
- Date Created: 1790s
- Physical Dimensions: sheet: 22.7 × 18.9 cm (8 15/16 × 7 7/16 in.) mount: 40.7 × 33.8 cm (16 × 13 5/16 in.)
- Provenance: The artist, until his death in 1821; Maria Cosway, Lodi, until her death in 1838; Collegio delle Grazie, Lodi, until 1896; (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 1 June 1896, no. 159 ['Naked Man clinging to a rock, between a serpent and a lion--pen and ink, washed']; bought by Sabin. Sir Jacob Epstein [1880-1959], according to inscription on the mount. (sale, London, Christie's, 7 April 1998, no. 1); Bernadette and William M. B. Berger, Denver, CO; The Berger Collection Educational Trust; (sale, Sotheby's, New York, 25 January 2017, no. 91); (Trinity Fine Art, London); purchased 2018 by NGA.
- Rights: CC0
- Medium: pen and brown ink with gray wash on laid paper, laid down on an old mount
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