Salvator Rosa, 1647 - Self-Portrait - fine art print

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One of the most fascinating and complex personalities in seventeenth-century Italy, Salvator Rosa was an accomplished painter, printmaker, poet, and actor. Here he shows himself inscribing a skull with the Greek words: “Behold, whither, eventually.” The wreath of cypress is an emblem of mourning, while on the table is a book by the Roman stoic philosopher Seneca. According to the inscription, the picture was a gift to Rosa’s friend Giovanni Battista Ricciardi (1624–1686), a brilliant man of letters from Pisa.

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This 17th century artwork was created by the artist Salvator Rosa. The more than 370 year-old original measures the size: 39 x 31 1/4 in (99,1 x 79,4 cm). Oil on canvas was applied by the Italian painter as the technique for the painting. What is more, this piece of art is in the the The Metropolitan Museum of Art's digital art collection located in New York City, New York, United States of America. The public domain masterpiece is being provided with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Mary L. Harrison, 1921. : Bequest of Mary L. Harrison, 1921. In addition to that, the alignment of the digital reproduction is portrait and has an aspect ratio of 1 : 1.2, which means that the length is 20% shorter than the width. The actor, poet, musician, painter, printmaker Salvator Rosa was a European artist from Italy, whose style can mainly be assigned to Baroque. The European artist lived for a total of 58 years and was born in the year 1615 in Naples, Napoli province, Campania, Italy and deceased in the year 1673.

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