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Salvator Rosa

1615 - 1673

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Salvator Rosa (1615 – March 15, 1673) is best known today as an Italian Baroque painter, whose romanticized landscapes and history paintings, often set in dark and untamed nature, exerted considerable influence from the 17th century into the early 19th century. In his lifetime he was among the most famous painters, known for his flamboyant personality, and regarded as an accomplished poet, satirist, actor, musician, and printmaker, as well. He was active in Naples, Rome, and Florence, where on occasion he was compelled to move between cities, as his caustic satire earned him enemies in the artistic and intellectual circles of the day. As a history painter, he often selected obscure and esoteric subjects from the Bible, mythology, and the lives of philosophers, that were seldom addressed by other artists. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Salvator Rosa is the 285th most popular painter (down from 256th in 2019), the 938th most popular biography from Italy (down from 859th in 2019) and the 78th most popular Italian Painter.

Salvator Rosa was a Baroque painter who is most famous for his paintings of landscapes.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Salvator Rosa ranks 285 out of 2,023. Before him are Pieter Aertsen, Lucas van Leyden, Lorenzo di Credi, Bettina Heinen-Ayech, Pietro Lorenzetti, and Jean-Baptiste Greuze. After him are Antoni Tàpies, Francesco Primaticcio, Félix Vallotton, Natalia Goncharova, Philippe de Champaigne, and Georges Rouault.

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Among people born in 1615, Salvator Rosa ranks 5. Before him are Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire, Pope Innocent XII, Dara Shukoh, and Nicolas Fouquet. After him are Philip William, Elector Palatine, Govert Flinck, Marguerite of Lorraine, Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, Madeleine Béjart, Maria Caterina Farnese, and Heinrich Bach. Among people deceased in 1673, Salvator Rosa ranks 4. Before him are Molière, Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan, and Margaret Theresa of Spain. After him are Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, Semyon Dezhnev, Joan Blaeu, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Regnier de Graaf, Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons, Barent Fabritius, and Robert Moray.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Salvator Rosa ranks 938 out of 5,161. Before him are Maria Theresa of Savoy (1756), Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies (1806), Giacomo Agostini (1942), Dionysius II of Syracuse (-397), Matteo Zuppi (1955), and Gianna Nannini (1954). After him are Theognis of Megara (-570), Errico Malatesta (1853), Michelozzo (1396), Juliana of Nicomedia (285), Sandro Mazzola (1942), and Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus (-84).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Salvator Rosa ranks 78. Before him are Guercino (1591), Gentile da Fabriano (1370), Orazio Gentileschi (1563), François Gérard (1770), Lorenzo di Credi (1459), and Pietro Lorenzetti (1280). After him are Francesco Primaticcio (1504), John William Waterhouse (1849), Masolino da Panicale (1383), Giorgio Morandi (1890), Ludovico Carracci (1555), and Lorenzo Costa (1460).

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