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Salvator Rosa

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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

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

Painting of a chaotic cavalry battle with armoured soldiers and horses, fallen men, a rocky cliff, and classical ruins under

A Cavalry Battle

1645

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

Painting of robed figures reacting as a man emerges from broken stones beside tall pines under a stormy sky.

Pythagoras Emerging from the Underworld

1662

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

The Witches' Sabbath

Dark rocky gorge with armored soldiers and robed figures at a river, one helmeted warrior pointing, under a bright cloud.

Scene from Greek history: Thales causing the river to flow on both sides of the Lydian army

1663

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

Painting of a mountainous landscape with rocky cliffs, a winding river valley, small figures in the foreground, and golden cl

Mountainous Landscape

1650

Painting of a crowned man seized by soldiers in a rocky landscape, with a spear-bearing warrior in a blue cloak raising his h

Scene from Greek history: The deaf-mute son of King Croesus prevents the Persians from killing his father

1663

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

A Witch

1646

Oval painting of armed men resting on a rocky ledge beneath a steep cliff and trees, with a cloudy sky above.

Landscape with Armed Men

1640

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

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

mid-1600s

Pen and wash sketch of winged putti riding a horse-like creature, with grotesque heads and a red chalk face at right.

Sheet of Satirical Studies (Amorini Riding Phalli)

c. 1650s

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

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

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 ink sketch of a seated man seen from behind beside a half-length figure with tilted head.

Two figures: on the left a seated man seen from the rear, on the right a half-length figure

1660

Pen and ink sketch of a seated man in a broad-brimmed hat, facing left, with raised arm and crossed legs.

A man in a broad-brimmed hat seated facing left

1630

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

A fallen soldier

1640

Pen and brown wash drawing of figures in motion, one standing and removing a garment, another crouched at lower left.

Three bathers undressing

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

Brown wash drawing of a reclining shepherd resting on a rock beside a dog, with a second figure in the background.

Twee rustende herders

1636

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

1700

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 ink drawing of soldiers, a crowd, barrels and a seated woman beside a ruined wall, with a standard-bearer at ri

Death of Regulus

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 robed figures, some kneeling and raising arms, with a shrouded figure at lower right.

The Raising of Lazarus

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 ink sketch of a standing figure hauling a reclining figure up from a pit with cords, with loose sketched legs at left

Studies for a Figure Lifted from a Grave or Pit by Cords (recto); Further Study of the Same Figure (verso)

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

Pen and brown ink figure studies of a seated pointing man, a helmeted man, and a standing man wearing a plumed cap.

Figure studies: seated and standing men

1615-73

Pen and brown ink sketch of two armored soldiers, a pointing robed man, and several other figures with spears.

Two Standing Soldiers and Six other Figures

1615-73

Pen and brown ink landscape with rolling hills, a lake, tall trees on the right, and small figures in the foreground.

Landscape with hills and a lake, trees in right foreground

1615-73

Brown ink and wash drawing of a harbor with sailboats, a rocky outcrop, standing figures on the shore and trees.

Marine landscape with figures

1615-73

Pen and brown wash drawing of a bound, nude male figure with raised arms, with a bent figure at lower right against a cloudy

Martyrdom of St. Andrew

1615-73