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Salvator Rosa - Figures on a Winding Road

Figures on a Winding Road (mid-1600s)

Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673)
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Salvator Rosa

Salvator Rosa was an Italian Baroque painter, poet, and printmaker, who was active in Naples, Rome, and Florence. As a painter, he has been described as "unorthodox and extravagant" as well as being a "perpetual rebel" and a proto-Romantic.

Rosa was born in Arenella, at that time in the outskirts of Naples, on either June 20 or July 21, 1615. His mother was Giulia Greca Rosa, a member of one of the Greek families of Sicily. His father, Vito Antonio de Rosa, a land surveyor, urged his son to become a lawyer or a priest, and entered him into the convent of the Somaschi Fathers. Yet Salvator showed a preference for the arts and secretly worked with his maternal uncle Paolo Greco to learn about painting. He soon transferred himself to the tutelage of his brother-in-law Francesco Fracanzano, a pupil of Ribera, and afterward to either Aniello Falcone, a contemporary of Domenico Gargiulo, or to Ribera.

During Rosa's lifetime his work inspired followers such as Giovanni Ghisolfi, but his most lasting influence was on the later development of romantic and picturesque traditions within painting. Eighteenth-century artists influenced by Rosa include Alessandro Magnasco, Andrea Locatelli, Giovanni Paolo Panini and Marco Ricci. As Wittkower states, it is in his landscapes, not his grand historical or religious dramas, that Rosa truly expresses his innovative abilities most graphically.

Rosa's reputation and influence waned in the nineteenth century; when his Monks Fishing was displayed in Dulwich in 1843 it was criticized by John Ruskin as telling "unmitigated falsehoods" and containing "laws of nature set at open defiance". Since the 1960s, Rosa's work has received renewed attention from scholars.

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A man seen from the rear points to the right

A man seen from the rear points to the right (ca. 1662)

Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673)
Soldier, Standing, Seen From Behind, in a Helmet, Holding a Cane

Soldier, Standing, Seen From Behind, in a Helmet, Holding a Cane (1656 - 1657)

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Three Figures around a globe

Three Figures around a globe (1615–73)

Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673)
Landscape with Figures

Landscape with Figures (17th century)

Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673)
Four Soldiers, One with Flag

Four Soldiers, One with Flag (1656 - 1657)

Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673)
Crucifixion of Polyclitus

Crucifixion of Polyclitus (1650s)

Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673)
Man with Fishing Net and Two Other Figures

Man with Fishing Net and Two Other Figures (1656 - 1657)

Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673)
Bandits on a Rocky Coast

Bandits on a Rocky Coast (1655–60)

Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673)
Allegory of Fortune

Allegory of Fortune (About 1658–1659)

Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673)
Two Soldiers, One Seen from Behind, Holding a Club 2

Two Soldiers, One Seen from Behind, Holding a Club 2 (1656 - 1657)

Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673)
Soldier, Standing, Holding a Long Cane before a Rocky Wall

Soldier, Standing, Holding a Long Cane before a Rocky Wall (1656 - 1657)

Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673)
Two Soldiers, One Seated on a Square Stone

Two Soldiers, One Seated on a Square Stone (1656 - 1657)

Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673)
Frontispiece to the ‘Figurine Series’

Frontispiece to the ‘Figurine Series’ (1656-1657)

Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673)
Studies of a Man’s Head in Profile, and of a Standing Male Figure

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

Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673)
The Prodigal Son Kneeling Repentant among Swine

The Prodigal Son Kneeling Repentant among Swine (1615–73)

Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673)
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