The Italian artist Salvator Rosa was one of the most extraordinary artistic personalities that Italy had to offer in the 17th century. The multi-talented artist made a name for himself not only as a painter and draughtsman, but also as a poet and actor. Rosa originally studied classical literature and music. Only a little later he came to art and became a pupil of the Italian painter Aniello Falcone. On a study trip in 1633 Salvator Rosa explored nature in all its facets. The works of art from this time reflected his collected impressions. The story goes that he was attacked by bandits in Abruzzo and out of necessity even took part in their raids. But the truth of the story is not confirmed. When he returned to his native Naples, he had difficulties, finding neither employment nor customers for his works. So he decided to leave for Rome. In the beginning the time there was also marked by difficulties and great poverty. In order to earn money for his livelihood, he took on numerous jobs. Besides he continued to work on his works. The enthusiasm was rewarded. He found an enthusiastic audience for his works of art in Rome. The financial upswing that came with it enabled him to invest in his own studio. There he regularly invited people interested in art to social gatherings. During this eventful time he was appointed court painter to Florence in 1640 by Cardinal Giancarlo de Medici. He carried out this activity until 1649. In the same year he returned to Rome, where he lived until his death.
Characteristic for Rosa's works are the depictions of wild nature, often with imposing mountainous landscapes. Colouring and the depiction of details such as storm clouds, rock masses and mighty trees lend a certain drama to his nature pictures. Frequently there are also persons like bandits, witches or soldiers in his paintings. These works are still among his best known today. The artist's other pictorial motifs include macabre and often gloomy scenes and pictorial motifs that take up philosophical and historical themes. Many of his original works can be admired in England today. Some of his works are also exhibited in the Louvre and in museums in Vienna, Dresden, Berlin or Munich. Numerous copper engravings have been made of his works, some of them by Salvator Rosa himself. Unfortunately, the quality of the impressions does not come close to the originals in any way. His poetry moved in the field of satire. Also in this field he made a name for himself as one of the most important satirists in Italy of his time. His works, which have been preserved to this day, are a valuable monument to the artist in the present day. But also literarily a monument was set for Rosa. E.T.A. Hoffmann, a writer of the romantic period, was inspired by the artist to write his novella Signor Formica.
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.jpg "Human Frailty, c.1656 by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "The Temptation of St. Anthony by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Mercury and the Woodman, 1635-1673 by Salvator Rosa")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1080938).jpg "David and Goliath by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "A Cavalry Battle by Salvator Rosa")
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_Rosa_(1615-1673)_17th_ce_-_(MeisterDrucke-982568).jpg "The Resurrected Christ by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "The Spirit of Samuel appearing to Saul at the house of the Witch of Endor by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Scenes of Witchcraft, c. 1645-1649 by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Battle Scene, c.1641-42 by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Scenes of Witchcraft: Evening, c. 1645-1649 by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "St. William the Hermit, c. 1662 by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Landscape with Figures by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Landscape with a Water-mill by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Temptations of Saint Anthony by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Landscape with the Baptism in the Jordan by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Mountain Landscape with Figures and a Man Bathing by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Artist")
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.jpg "Democritus in Meditation by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Scene from Greek History: The Deaf-Mute Son of King Croesus Prevents the Persians from Killing His Father by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Man, 1640 by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Self Portrait by Salvator Rosa")
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_Turbaned_Man_Seen_from_Back_-_(MeisterDrucke-1609236).jpg "(Figurine Series) Turbaned Man, Seen from Back by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "A Bearded Old Man Seated on a Rock and Making a Hortatory Gesture Toward Three Men Opposite Him, from Figurine Series by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Standing Warrior, Holding a Long Staff Over His Shoulder and Pointing by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Hermina Carves the Name Tancredi on a Tree by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Scenes of Witchcraft: Day by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Fine Arts by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Music: Young Woman of Very Modest Social Condition Embodying Music, a Score in Hand by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Heroic Battle, 1652 by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Glaucus and Scylla by Salvator Rosa")
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_River_Gods_Battling_-_(MeisterDrucke-1602248).jpg "River Gods Battling by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "A Rocky Landscape c.1640 by Salvator Rosa")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1091925).jpg "Marine Landscape with Towers by Salvator Rosa")
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_Two_Seated_Men_Each_Bearing_Weapon_-_(MeisterDrucke-1605807).jpg "Two Seated Men, Each Bearing Weapon (Figurine Series) by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Study for Polycrates")
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Figurine_(series_title)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1361187).jpg "Soldier with War Hammer (Small Figures) by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Three Warriors, One Seated on a Foreground Rock Holding a Staff; the Second Standing Behind Him Pointing; the Third Seen as a Face Behind Them by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Scenes of Witchcraft: Night by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Polycrates")
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_Fragment_of_a_Figure_and_Sketches_of_Foliated_-_(MeisterDrucke-1618610).jpg "Sketches of Turbaned Men (recto); Fragment of a Figure and Sketches of Foliated Architectural Ornament (verso) by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "The death of Marcus Atilius Regulus, shown being nailed into a tub by the Carthaginians by Salvator Rosa")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1495856).jpg "Scenes of Witchcraft by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "River landscape with boats and ruins by Salvator Rosa")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1172775).jpg "Astraea Leaves the Earth, c.1665 by Salvator Rosa")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1500082).jpg "Scenes of Witchcraft: Night by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Scenes of Witchcraft: Morning by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "The Crucifixion of Polycrates the Tyrant after His Capture by the Persians by Salvator Rosa")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1532087).jpg "St. John the Baptist Preaching in the Wilderness by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "The Figurine Series: Figurine by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Two Warriors, One Seated on a Low Foreground Rock and Holding a War Hammer; the Other Figure Seated on the Ground Behind Him, Holding a Mace Across His Right Shoulder and Looking Up at the Foreground Figure, from Figurine Series by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "The Genius of Salvator Rosa by Salvator Rosa")
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_quittant_les_bergers_-_The_Return_of_Astraea_by_Rosa_Salvatore_-_(MeisterDrucke-995012).jpg "The Return of Astraea by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "The Poem by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "The Genius of Salvator Rosa by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Three Warriors, one seated on a foreground rock holding a staff; the second standing behind him and pointing, the third seen as a face behind them, from Figurine series by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Two men sitting and another man holding a staff kneeling on a rock, from the series, ca. 1656-1657 by Salvator Rosa")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1426493).jpg "Polycrates")
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_Man_with_Arm_at_Chest_Level_-_(MeisterDrucke-1605145).jpg "Man with Arm at Chest Level (Figurine Series) by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "A warrior sits on a block and gestures; two figures are behind him, from Figurine series by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "An Old, Ragged Man with a Staff and a Ground at his Hip, from Figurina by Salvator Rosa")
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_Standing_Man_Pointing_to_Left_-_(MeisterDrucke-1602037).jpg "Standing Man, Pointing to Left by Salvator Rosa")
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_oil_on_canvas_-_(MeisterDrucke-1092819).jpg "Arion on Dolphin by Salvator Rosa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-152682).jpg "St. Paul of Thebes by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "A Rocky Wooded Landscape with Jacob Watering Laban")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1336808).jpg "Diverse Figure (Suite) by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Standing Figure from Behind by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Battle Scene with Classical Colonnade by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Wrestlers by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Theseus Lifting the Stone by Salvator Rosa")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-903671).jpg "Self Portrait by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Polycrates and the Fisherman, c. 1664 by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "A Warrior, Seated on a Foreground Block, Holds a Shield and Staff and Turns Toward Two Warriors Behind Him, from Figurine Series by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Study for Polycrates’ Crucifixion by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Scenes of Witchcraft: Day by Salvator Rosa")
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_Oil_on_wo_-_(MeisterDrucke-1010809).jpg "The Abandoned Oedipus by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Diogenes by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Seaport at Sunset by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Rocky Landscape with Herdsmen and Cattle by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Bird of Prey Pulls the Liver from Prometheus")
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.jpg "David and Goliath by Jacopo Palma")
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.jpg "Allegory of Fortune by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "The Genius of Salvator Rosa, c. 1662 by Salvator Rosa")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1358319).jpg "Various Figures (Suite) by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "The Figurine Series: Figurine by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Self-Portrait by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Diogenes and His Cup, 1662 by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Alexander the Great in the Studio of Apelles by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "A man pulling a net with two figures behind him, from the series")
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.jpg "View of a Bay, Work by Salvatore Rosa by Salvator Rosa")
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_River_Gods_-_(MeisterDrucke-1593114).jpg "River Gods (Figurine Series) by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Sheet of Satirical Studies Amorini Riding Phalli by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "A Warrior, Holding a Staff Over His Shoulder and Stepping Off a Low Ledge by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "The Gulf of Salerno by Salvator Rosa")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-40639).jpg "Portrait of Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, print made by James Basire, 1764 by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Two Warriors, One Holding a Mace and Turning to Beckon the Other by Salvator Rosa")
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Figurine_(series_title)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1360210).jpg "Soldier with a Stick (Small Figures) by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Head of a Bearded Man in Profile to the Right Wearing a Turban by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "Back view of a water carrier, another figure beyond him by Salvator Rosa")
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.jpg "John the Baptist Preaching in the Wilderness by Salvator Rosa")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1515562).jpg "Self portrait as Pascariello by Salvator Rosa")
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