Saint William of Maleval, hands tied with rope fastened to a tree, Salvator Rosa, 1661

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Saint William of Maleval, hands tied with rope fastened to a tree, 1661, Etching and Drypoint, Sheet: 13 7/16 x 11 5/16 in. ( x cm), Prints, Salvator Rosa (Italian, Arenella (Naples) 1615–1673 Rome), St. William was an immoral soldier who later took up a monastic life. He is depicted here doing penitence in a forested valley in a region of Siena known as Maleval. Rosa presents the saint as a solitary penitent figure tensely situated in an uncomfortable pose and quietly contemplating a cross

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