Polycrates' Crucifixion  1664

A native of Naples, Salvator Rosa settled in Rome in 1649, producing dramatic works regarded as counterparts to the calm, classical landscapes of his contemporaries [url=https://www.artic.edu/artists/31257/claude-lorrain]Claude Lorrain[/url] and [link=https://www.artic.edu/artists/36259/nicolas-poussin]Nicolas Poussin[/link]. Rosa’s landscapes present nature as wild, fille...