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Salvator Rosa

139 works

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Landscape painting of a ruined temple beside rocky cliffs, with cattle, herdsmen at a pool, and stone pines under a cloudy sk

Ruins in a Rocky Landscape

c. 1640

Man with long hair and wreath writes on a skull with a quill pen beside a book, against a dark night sky.

Self-Portrait

ca. 1647

Painting of a bound figure on a tree cross with soldiers and onlookers on rocks below under a stormy sky.

Polycrates' Crucifixion

1664

Painting of armored soldiers on a rocky ledge receiving a large fish from fishermen beside a lake under a blue sky.

Polycrates and the Fisherman

1664

Painting of armed men on a rocky coast beneath a dramatic stormy sky, with a natural stone arch and a wind-bent tree.

Bandits on a Rocky Coast

1655-60

Painting of a sleeping armored warrior beside a rock, with a bearded old man gesturing in a dark stormy landscape.

The Dream of Aeneas

1660-65

Painting of a barefoot man in a white tunic gesturing among onlookers in a stormy, dark wooded landscape.

Diogenes discarding his bowl

1651

Painting of a crucified man on a cross with a crowd of soldiers and onlookers gesturing below a rocky hillside.

Crucifixion of Polyclitus

1650

Painting of a bare-chested preacher addressing a crowd under dark trees by a rocky pool, with children in the foreground.

Saint John the Baptist Preaching in the Wilderness

1660

Armored warrior in red cape pours liquid toward a dragon on rocks, with a dark stormy sky behind.

Jason Poisoning the Dragon

1615

Painting of a bearded man gesturing to fishermen hauling a net from a boat on a stormy shore, with sailboats in the distance.

Pythagoras and the fishermen

1662

Painting of a figure with scales on a cloud above shepherds, sheep, cattle, and a ruined brick building.

Return of Astrea

1640

Painting of an angel with a staff pointing to a kneeling young man holding a fish by a river under a dark, stormy sky.

Tobias and the Angel

1650

Painting of a woman with a sword facing monstrous birds and frogs beside a pond beneath a dark rocky cliff.

Scenes of Witchcraft: Morning

c. 1645-49

Night scene of witches around a cauldron beneath a winged skeleton holding an hourglass, with a crescent moon and bare trees.

Scenes of Witchcraft: Evening

c. 1645-49

Circular night painting of witches at a fire, a wand-raising figure, horsemen under a tree, and a hanging skeleton.

Scenes of Witchcraft: Night

c. 1645-49

Circular painting of a witch on a owl-like bird beside gathered figures and a dead animal in a rocky landscape.

Scenes of Witchcraft: Day

c. 1645-49

Four circular paintings of witches with owls, a skeleton, cauldrons and fires in dark wooded landscapes.

Scenes of Witchcraft

c. 1645-49

Painting of a half-nude preacher addressing a crowd in a dark forest, with a rider in armor on a white horse at left.

Saint John the Baptist Preaching

1636

Painting of a disheveled elderly figure reading a book by candlelight beside a fire in a dark cave.

The Witch

1646

Painting of a rocky landscape with a stone bridge, travelers on a path, a shepherd with sheep, and a billowing sky.

Landscape

1645

Seated figure in a dark cloak, head in hand, surrounded by skulls and bones beneath stormy trees and an owl.

Demokrit, hensunken i betragtninger

1650-1651

Painting of armored warriors battling beside a slain dragon while a helmeted goddess hovers on a cloud above.

Byen Thebens grundlæggelse

1661

Dark wooded landscape with two resting warriors on a rock ledge, blue mountains in the distance, and birds in the sky.

Bergige Waldlandschaft mit rastenden Kriegern

Painting of a female figure pouring coins from a cornucopia among animals including a donkey, bull, sheep, boar and eagle.

Allegory of Fortune

about 1658-1659

Painting of a martyrdom scene with a mounted soldier, nude captives, a crowd, and a stormy rocky landscape.

The Martyrdom of Saint Januarius and his Fellows

1601

Oil painting of a bare-chested man with a grimacing expression gesturing toward a theatrical mask against a dark background.

Allégorie du rire

1650

Bearded elderly man in a dark cap measuring a celestial globe with dividers, with books and a landscape painting behind him.

An Astronomer

1650

Man in a yellow tunic holds up a grimacing theatre mask and points, with a shadowy companion behind him.

Allegory of lie

1645

Rocky landscape with a cliff, bare tree and river, where a winged angel stands beside a kneeling young man under cloudy sky.

Rosa Paysage avec Tobie et l'Ange

1670

Painting of a winged youth playing a pipe near a seated bearded man, a cow, a tree, and a stormy sky.

Mercury and Argus

Painting of a turbaned preacher with outstretched arms addressing kneeling crowds before columns under a stormy sky.

Jonah Preaching to the People of Niniveh

1630