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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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Four men in Conversation

Four men in Conversation (1656 - 1657)

Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673)
Nude, Seated, Holding Onto a Tree

Nude, Seated, Holding Onto a Tree (1656 - 1657)

Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673)
Soldier Holding His Lance with Both Hands

Soldier Holding His Lance with Both Hands (1656 - 1657)

Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673)
Soldier, En Face, Shouldering a Pike and Holding a Shield

Soldier, En Face, Shouldering a Pike and Holding a Shield (1656 - 1657)

Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673)
Young Woman Walking Toward the Right

Young Woman Walking Toward the Right (1656 - 1657)

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

Two Soldiers, Seated, One on a Stone, the Other on the Ground (1656 - 1657)

Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673)
Two soldiers Seated on a Rectangular Stone

Two soldiers Seated on a Rectangular 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)
Two Soldiers, One Seen from Behind and Holding a Cane in His Right hand

Two Soldiers, One Seen from Behind and Holding a Cane in His Right hand (1656 - 1657)

Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673)
Nude in Contemplation, Seated on a Rocky Ledge

Nude in Contemplation, Seated on a Rocky Ledge (1656 - 1657)

Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673)
Soldier, Standing, Holding a Pike with Both Hands

Soldier, Standing, Holding a Pike with Both Hands (1656 - 1657)

Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673)
Soldier, Standing, Looking at the Ground

Soldier, Standing, Looking at the Ground (1656 - 1657)

Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673)
Three Soldiers, One Seated on a Square Block of Stone 2

Three Soldiers, One Seated on a Square Block of Stone 2 (1656 - 1657)

Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673)
Man, Standing, His Arm Pointing Horizontally

Man, Standing, His Arm Pointing Horizontally (1656 - 1657)

Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673)
Soldier Holding a Shield

Soldier Holding a Shield (1656 - 1657)

Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673)
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