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Salvator Rosa

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Pen and brown ink drawing of five figures in plumed hats and flowing robes, with a small dog leaping beside them.

Five Figures in Fantastic Costumes with Two Dogs

1615-73

Studies of a Man's Head in Profile, and of a Standing Male Figure

Brown ink and wash drawing of a shaggy hermit figure kneeling among rocks and trees under a cloudy sky.

St. Paul, Hermit

1635-73

Brown ink and wash drawing of nude figures and robed onlookers gathered around a smoking altar at night.

Witches' Sabbath (recto); Figures Gathered around a tree (verso)

1615-73

Pen and ink drawing of a group of figures under a tree, with studies of a sword and a draped figure on the left.

Study for a Judgment of Paris and Other Figure Studies

1615-73

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling man gazing up beside cattle, goats, a barrel and a tree under a stormy sky.

The Prodigal Son

1615-73

Pen and ink landscape drawing with grey wash showing rocky cliffs, billowing trees, and small figures at lower right.

Landscape

1660

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated youth on a wall conversing with two turbaned men standing behind him.

Youth Sitting on a Wall in Conversation with Two Men

1656

Pen and brown ink drawing of a rocky landscape with a rustic house, trees, and two small figures on a path.

Rocky Landscape with a Rustic House

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 allegorical figures with a laurel-crowned nude youth, a standing man with a book, and cypress trees behind a class

The Genius of Salvator Rosa

1615

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