Studies for the Death of Empedocles  1666

Drawing. Pen, brown ink. 127x183 mm [br] Salvator Rosa’s style of drawing in the late 1660s was dynamic and spontaneous, as is evident in Studies for the Death of Empedocles. [b]Motifs from the literature[/b] Rosa belonged to the Neapolitan school and was active in his home town of Naples as well as in Rome and Florence. He often looked to literature for inspiration ...