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A Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Salvator Rosa, 1615–1673. Exh. cat., Durlacher Brothers. New York, 1948, unpaginated, cat. 19.
Exhibition of Italian Paintings of the 17th Century. Exh. cat., Allen Memorial Art Museum. Oberlin, 1952, vol. 9, no. 2.
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