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Salvator Rosa

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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 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 Throwing away his Drinking Cup

1651

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

The Witch

1646

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

Democritus in Meditation

1650-1651

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 naked man reaching toward a woman holding a cloth, with companions on a seashore under a cloudy sky.

Odysseus and Nausicaa

1655

Painting of a stormy rocky landscape with a bare tree and several figures gathered on a stone ledge under a dark sky.

Landscape with Figures

Painting of a winged angel rising above kneeling figures with raised hands beside a stone building under a stormy sky.

The Angel Leaving the House of Tobias

1662

Kneeling young man looking up beside a cow, goats and a barrel under a dark tree with a cloudy sky.

Prodigal Son

1650

Painting of a bearded man in a dark cloak and laurel wreath, gazing toward the viewer against a brown background.

Self-portrait

1640

Half-length portrait of a man in a dark fur hat and cloak, gazing directly at the viewer against a dark background.

Self-Portrait

1650

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

Painting of a chained, screaming man on a rock ledge as a dark eagle tears at his torso under a cloudy sky.

The Torture of Prometheus

1646

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

Four men gamble over a cloth at night while a helmeted soldier in armour stands watching at right.

Soldiers Gambling

1656

Dark rocky landscape with a natural arch, small figures in the foreground, and distant mountains seen through the opening.

Landscape with an "Arco Naturale"

1630

Bearded hermit in fur clothing sits on a rock under a tree, hands clasped, with a stormy mountain landscape behind him.

Saint Humphrey (Onuphrius)

1660

Painting of a kneeling robed saint with arms raised beneath a shaft of light through clouds, with trees and mountains behind.

St. Francis in Ecstasy

Portrait of a man in a black hat and dark cloak beside a tablet with Latin text, against a cloudy sky.

Philosophy

1645

Dark painting of witches gathered at a fire with torches, beneath a looming skeletal winged creature at night.

The Witches' Sabbath

Painting of a bearded elderly man with a staff in a dark forest, watching a kneeling figure who bends near the ground.

Diogenes Casting Away His Cup

Old dishevelled man reading a book of symbols by candlelight on a rock, with a dark cliff behind him.

A Witch

1646

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

Pen and wash drawing of a winding road with two figures, a large tree, rocks and distant hills under a pale sky.

Figures on a Winding Road

Pen and wash drawing of a craggy rocky landscape with trees and a pool of water at its base.

Figures by a Rocky Pool

1660/1673

Figure Studies

c. 1640-49

Figure Studies (recto)

c. 1640-49

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

The Genius of Salvator Rosa

1662

Black chalk drawing of a bowed armored warrior beneath a bearded old man pointing into a stormy sky.

The Dream of Aeneas

about 1663

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

Pen and brown wash drawing of a crowd around a central figure raising his arm, with a wrapped body below, by Salvator Rosa.

Raising of Lazarus

early 1660s

Brown ink drawing with white highlights of a man beside a large tree in a wooded landscape, rocky ground and shrubs.

The Abandoned Oidipus

Pen and brown wash drawing of a fallen armored soldier with a plumed helmet and outstretched arm.

A fallen soldier

1640

Pen and brown ink sketch of a curly-haired man seated on the right beside a draped figure, on cream paper.

A man seated against a block on the right

1660

Pen and brown wash drawing of a man bending over a sleeping infant, with a head study in the upper left.

A man looks down at an infant lying on the ground; above there is a head study

1660

Pen and wash drawing of a reclining bearded man beside an anvil, with smiths working at a forge in an arched workshop.

In Vulcan's smithy

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

Brown ink and wash drawing of figures tending a child beneath a tree, with a winged figure hovering above and a goat nearby.

The Nurturing of Jupiter

n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketch of a seated man in a curled wig gesturing toward a book, with wash shading.

Portrait of a Prelate

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

Brown ink drawing of two warriors, one standing with a plumed helmet and spear, beside a rocky cliff and bare trees.

Zwei Krieger in einer Felsenlandschaft

Pen and brown ink sketch of a floating robed figure in clouds above kneeling figures, with architecture at left.

An Apparition

1615-73

Pen and brown wash drawing of witches gathered around a fire beneath a winged demon and airborne figures.

Witches' Sabbath

1640-1649

Red chalk drawing of a bearded male figure reaching outward with one arm, seated on a ledge, on a light tan sheet.

Study for a Raising of Lazarus (recto); half-length study of bearded nude male figure, and a man and woman with donke…

1615-73

Pen and ink study of a twisting male nude with raised arm, with pencil sketches of legs and wings on aged paper.

Study for a Prometheus Bound (recto); slight sketch of head and shoulders of man in lead pencil (verso)

1615-73

Pen and brown wash drawing of a central standing woman, turbaned head studies, and two kneeling figures on paper.

Studies of Kneeling Figures

1615-73

Pen and brown ink sketch of two standing men gesturing, one in armour, on a pale paper sheet.

Two Standing Men Gesticulating

1615-73

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling bearded man with a staff beside a tree, a pig and a trough nearby, under a cloudy sky.

The Prodigal Son Kneeling Repentant among Swine

1615-73

Pen and brown ink sketch of a muscular man straining against a split tree trunk amid foliage, by Salvator Rosa.

Milo of Crotona

1615-73

Brown ink wash drawing of three figures gathered around a large globe, one standing nude leaning on it.

Three Figures around a globe

1615-73

Pen and brown wash drawing of a turbaned warrior leaning on a spiked mace against a cloudy sky.

Turbaned Warrior Holding a Mace

1615-73