A warrior shown from behind holding a staff and leaning on a rock, from the series 'Figurine'
ca. 1656–1657
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 5 3/4 x 3 13/16 in. (14.6 x 9.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.299.4
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About this artwork
This Etching by Italian artist Salvator Rosa from ca. 1656–1657 represents an important work in the Metropolitan Museum's Drawings and Prints collection. A warrior shown from behind holding a staff and le... [Full research-based description continues - work exemplifies period techniques, cultural context, and artistic significance within its genre and historical moment.]
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...