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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

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

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

St. Paul, Hermit

1635-73

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

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 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 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

Pen and brown wash sketch of a man seated on a lion, reaching toward its head.

Man Mounting Lion

n.d.

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

Diogenes and Alexander

1662