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Salvator Rosa , artist
Italian, 1615 - 1673
River Gods, circa 1660 - 1661
Etching with drypoint
9.5 x 21.3 cm (image)
Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Sopher Collection 1995.124.13
Artist Credit: all
Artist Biography: Born in Naples, Rosa trained there with a succession of artists including Francanzano (his brother-in-law), Giovanni Lanfranco, Jusepe de Ribera, and Aniello Falcone. Throughout his career these early influences colored his art, particularly the battle scenes which, derived from Falcone, formed a recurrent motif in Rosa's ccuvre. In 1635 Rosa traveled to Rome, the pilgrimage site for all European artists, taking up residence there in 1638. In Rome Rosa was exposed to a great diversity of styles, ranging from Caravaggesque realism to the emerging high baroque. He proved receptive to the stylistic novelties of other artists, such as Pieter van Laer, Herman van Swanevelt, Claude, and Poussin. However, Rosa's interpretation of his various subjects was always personal. At the invitation of the grand duke of Tuscany, Rosa moved to Florence in 1640, where he remained until 1649. In Florence, as in Rome, Rosa took part in the literary life of the city, founding the Accademia del Percossi, a sophisticated group of writers and performers.~ ~ Rosa returned permanently to Rome in 1649, there participating in the yearly public exhibitions held in the portico of the Pantheon. Rosa's major artistic accomplishment was the creation of a new landscape type. Focused on nature's rugged formations, his compositions are infused with a moodiness and emotional energy echoing his petulant personality. Rosa's influence was considerable, inspiring a long line of followers from Marco Ricci to Thomas Cole, peaking with the British adherents of romanticism.~~Reference: Wallace, Richard. The Etchings of Salvator Rosa. Princeton: 1979.~Leach, Mark C. and Richard Wallace. Italian masters of the Seventeenth Century. The Illustrated Bartsch, 45. New York: 1982, Abaris Books.See also: vol. 45 Commentary, ed.Bellini, Paolo and R. Wallace.~Bartsch, Adam. Le Peintre-graveur. v. 20. Wurzburg: 1921~Reed, Sue and Richard Wallace. Italian Etchers of the Renaissance and Baroque. Boston: 1989, Museum of Fine Arts.~Richard W. Wallace, "The Genius of Salvator Rosa", in Art Quarterly XLVII, December 1965, p. 473 sq. ~Richard W. Wallace, "Salvator Rosa's Democritus and L'Humane Fragilite", in The Art Bulletin, March 1968, p. 21 sq.~
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Marcus Mrs Mr 166 catalogue c 17th verso LR stamp his Sopher S M 1975 october 251 3 cat stock Colnaghi Provenance Europe Italy Print drypoint Etching urn an each gods river five Salvator Rosa Italian 3154201307000061 A029661 1995.124.13 AFGA
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