Salvator Rosa
(1615–1673) Italian painter, poet and printmaker (1615 –1673)
Salvator Rosa (1615–1673) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Salvator Rosa belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Salvator Rosa was born in Naples and died in Rome. Salvator Rosa worked in Florence, Naples, Rome, and Viterbo. Wikidata associates Salvator Rosa with Baroque.
The best-known works include ‘Jason Charming the Dragon’, ‘Heroic Battle’, ‘Saul and the Witch of Endor’, and ‘The Dream of Aeneas’. The works belong mainly to the genres history painting, religious painting, and landscape painting. The catalogue has 192 works by Salvator Rosa with free images. The dated works span the years 1601–1750. Works by Salvator Rosa are held by several collections, among them Prints in the National Gallery of Art, Statens Museum for Kunst, Condé Museum, and Nationalmuseum. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Govert Flinck, Pieter Steenwijck, Joris van der Haagen, Pieter Mulier den äldre, and Jean Nocret.