Spanish Old Master Drawings

Mucius Scaevola places his hand in the fire before Lars Porsena

Mariano Salvador Maella

(Valencia, 1739-Madrid, 1819)


  • Date: c. 1780-1790
  • Pencil and wash on laid paper
  • 300 x 235 mm
  • Provenance: Madrid, Cesáreo Aragón y Barroeta, marquis of Casa-Torres collection [until 1954] Madrid, private collection
  • SOLD TO THE MEADOWS MUSEUM, DALLAS