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Salvator Rosa (1615-1673)

• Was an Italian Baroque painter, poet, and printmaker.
• Salvator was born in Arenella.
• Rosa was active in Naples, Rome, and Florence.
• He was coached by Francesco Fracanzano and Aniell Falcone.
• Some sources claim he spent time living with roving bandits. 
• He was a significant etcher, with a highly popular and influential series of small prints of soldiers, and a number of larger and very ambitious subjects.
• Among his pupils were Evangelista Martinotti of Monferrato and his brother Francesco.
• Another pupil was Ascanio della Penna of Perugia.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Salvator Rosa, Self-Portrait, 1647.
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