Steve Art Gallery LLC

USA Oil Painting Reproductions Direct

Artist: ROSA, Salvator
Painting: Self-Portrait af
Painting ID: 08967
Buy Oil Painting Only.

GO HOME
Visit European Gallery


BACK
 

ROSA, Salvator Self-Portrait af

ROSA, Salvator:
Italian Baroque Era Painter, 1615-1673 Italian painter, draughtsman, etcher, poet and actor. He was one of the most original artists and extravagant personalities of the 17th century. His most popular and influential works were his landscapes, the wild and mountainous beauty of which contrasted with the pastoral scenes of Claude Lorrain. Yet Rosa also painted macabre subjects, erudite philosophical allegories and grand historical themes; he was, moreover, the most significant satirical poet of the Italian 17th century, and there is a close relationship between his poetry and painting. His earliest biographers, Filippo Baldinucci and Giovanni Battista Passeri, both of whom knew him well, described at length his fiery temperament

BACK

 CLOSE

Hang Your Painting On Wall Now!(Without Frame)   Buy Framed Oil Painting   Email