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Salvator Rosa

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Etching of a sleeping man on rocks beneath a ladder of angels, with windblown trees and a rugged landscape.

Jacob finds rest in a rugged landscape and dreams of a ladder of angels. Etching by J. Goupy after S. Rosa

Etching of the philosopher Democritus seated among skulls and bones beneath a large tree with an owl, with ruins nearby.

Democritus. Etching by S. Rosa

Etching of many muscular figures tumbling down rocky slopes under a cloudy sky, arms flung outward in terror.

The Fall of the Giants

1663

Etching of allegorical figures in a landscape with cypress trees, a classical structure, and a reclining laureled man.

The Genius of Salvator Rosa

1662

Etching of a large twisted tree with a helmeted armored figure lying at its base on rocky ground.

St. William the Hermit

c. 1662

Etching of Diogenes and a group of men beside tall trees, with a youth crouching in the foreground near a cup.

Diogenes and His Cup

1662

Etching of Glaucus seated on a sea creature reaching toward a draped woman, with clouds and a rocky shore behind them.

Glaucus and Scylla

1661

Etching of a painter in a studio pointing at a canvas as armored soldiers and boys look on, with a Latin caption below.

Alexander in the Studio of Apelles

1662

Etching of a long-haired man holding a tablet with a small figure, beside an etching of an armored soldier with a spear.

(Figurine Series) Long-Haired Man Holding Sign

Etching of a kneeling man gazing up at a draped woman holding a fig branch, with a tree and a reclining bull behind.

Ceres and Phytalus

c. 1662

Etching of a woman in a headscarf carrying a small child on her hip, standing on a shaded ground line.

Diverse Figure (Suite)

1656

Etching of a bearded merman with a fish tail reaching toward a fleeing woman in drapery on a shell-strewn shore.

Scylla vlucht voor Glaucus

1661

Etching of robed men gathered under trees in a forest, a seated central figure gesturing as he speaks.

Plato and His Disciples

1662

Etching of a shepherd with a flute pointing outward, two children beside him, under gnarled trees in a landscape.

Shepherd holding a flute and two other figures in a landscape

ca. 1660-61

Etching of a tree over a rocky slope with a small seated figure resting on a ledge.

Landscape with a figure seated on a rock

ca. 1640

Etching of a bearded penitent man praying on a rock in a wooded wilderness, with hatched shading.

Praying male penitent in the wilderness

ca. 1640

Etching study of three ox skulls, two horse skulls, and a bearded grotesque head on a pale sheet.

Three ox skulls, two horse skulls, and a grotesque head, study for "Democritus in Meditation"

1662

Etching of two ox skulls with curved horns and a partial third skull below, drawn in fine hatched lines.

Two ox skulls and a portion of a third, study for "Democritus in Meditation"

1662

Etching of three human skulls shown from different angles, with cast shadows, by Salvator Rosa.

Three human skulls, study for "Democritus in Meditation"

1662

Etching of a warrior asleep on his shield while a bearded river god points upward beside an urn in a wooded landscape.

Dream of Aeneas: Aeneas rests his head on his hands atop his shield, while the river god Tiber leans on a vessel and…

ca. 1663-64

Etching of an armored man bound with rope to a tree trunk, with dense foliage and roots around him.

Saint William of Maleval, hands tied with rope fastened to a tree

1661

Etching of a standing draped woman reaching toward a seated male figure with a lyre beside a leafy tree under clouds.

Apollo and the Cumaean Sibyl

ca. 1661

Etching of leaning trees on the left, a herdsman with cattle by a pool on the right, and an open sky above.

Landscape with a herdsmen

ca. 1640-45

Etching of a male nude lying on his side on rocky ground, with hatched shading and brushy vegetation behind him.

Male nude lying on his side with his right arm behind his back

ca. 1635-40

Etched landscape with a tall tree at left, a winding path or water through rocky hills, and distant mountains under a hatched

A landscape with water in the foreground and mountains in the distance

17th century

Etching of Jason in flowing drapery wrestling a winged dragon beneath trees, with shield and sword.

Jason and the Dragon

ca. 1663-64

Etched frontispiece with a winged figure striding over a Latin dedication panel while a screaming man recoils below.

Frontispiece for "Figurine"

ca. 1656-57

A warrior facing left wearing a plumed hat and holding a cane, from "Figurine"

ca. 1656-57

Etching of a turbaned man hauling a net while two figures sit behind him on rough ground under a cloudy sky.

A man pulling a net with two figures behind him, from "Figurine"

ca. 1656-57

Etching of a man leaning on a staff beside a seated boy and an older man in a cap, set on rocky ground.

Two men sitting and another man holding a staff kneeling on a rock, from "Figurine"

ca. 1656-57

Etching of a bound man on a cross beside a crowd of turbaned onlookers and soldiers, with a rocky cliff and trees at left.

The Crucifixion of Polycrates

c. 1662

Etching of soldiers and robed figures struggling with nail-studded barrels beside a ruined wall, with horsemen and a standard

Death of Atilius Regulus

1662

Etching of a barefoot man gesturing near a young boy drinking, with bearded onlookers among large gnarled trees in a forest.

Diogenes Casting Away His Bowl

1615-1673

Etching of a seated philosopher resting his head in meditation among skulls, bones, a large tree, an owl and classical ruins.

Democritus in Meditation

1662

Etching of Glaucus and Scylla: a bearded sea figure with a serpent tail reaches toward a draped woman on a rocky shore.

Glaucus and Scylla

1615-1673

Etching of bearded philosophers in robes conversing among tall trees in a forest, with a kneeling figure writing at lower lef

The Academy of Plato

Engraving of three armored soldiers on rocks, one seated, one in a plumed hat, one with a pike pointing into a hilly landscap

Soldiers

1766-67

Etching of a barefoot man in a forest gesturing as a boy drinks from cupped hands, with robed onlookers and tree trunks.

Diogenes Casting away his Bowl

1662

Etching of a bearded man in a draped cloak seated on a ledge beside a sword and shield, with a hatched background.

Soldier Seated

1615 - 1673

Etching of a large oak where a man lifts a small child toward a high branch, with rocky ground and distant mountains.

The Rescue of the Infant Oedipus

1663

Etching of soldiers hammering nails into a barrel beside horsemen, with a crumbling stone wall at left and a cloudy sky.

The death of Marcus Atilius Regulus, showng being nailed into a tub by the Carthaginians

ca. 1661-62

Etching of a crowd beneath a man bound to a cross on a hillside, with soldiers and mourners and a rocky cliff behind.

The crucifixion of Polycrates the tyrant after his capture by the Persians

ca. 1662

Etching of a helmeted warrior gesturing to a seated bearded man beside soldiers with spears under a tree.

Diogenes and Alexander

1662