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. (34.2 x 28.8 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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Saint William, Maleval, hands tied, rope fastened, tree, 1661, Etching, Drypoint, Sheet, 13 7/16 x 11 5/16, 34.2 28.8 cm, Prints, Salvator Rosa, Italian, Arenella, Naples, 1615–1673, Rome, St, William, immoral soldier, later, up, monastic life, depicted, doing penitence, forested valley, region, Siena, Rosa presents, saint, solitary penitent figure, tensely, situated, uncomfortable pose, quietly contemplating, cross
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