The Rescue of the Infant Oedipus

1663

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching with drypoint
Dimensions: Sheet: 29 5/16 × 19 1/2 in. (74.5 × 49.5 cm) Plate: 28 3/4 × 18 11/16 in. (73.1 × 47.5 cm)
Collection no.: 24.63.1830
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Rescue of the Infant Oedipus — Salvator Rosa. 1663.

Medium: Etching with drypoint. Dimensions: Sheet: 29 5/16 × 19 1/2 in. (74.5 × 49.5 cm) Plate: 28 3/4 × 18 11/16 in. (73.1 × 47.5 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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