A warrior, seated on a foreground block, holds a shield and staff and turns toward two warriors behind him, from Figurine series
n.d.
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
13.9 × 9.1 cm (5 1/2 × 3 5/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
80554
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Salvator Rosa was a painter, etcher, poet, and actor, as well as a musician. Born in Naples, he was active there and in Rome and Florence. He produced over 100 etchings after 1650, including the series Diverse Figures, to which this print belongs.
About the Artist
Salvator Rosa · 1615–1673
Salvator Rosa was born in 1615 in Arenella, on the outskirts of Naples, into a world of artistic ambition and turbulent talent. His early training came through his maternal uncle, the painter Paolo Greco, and his brother-in-law Francesco Fracanzano, himself a pupil of the great Spanish-born Neapolitan master Jusepe de Ribera. Rosa showed a fierce independence from the start, resisting his father's...