Proto-Romance

2024

When admiring his picturesque landscapes, one never wishes to dwell in them. Whether because of the sites he selected or the manner in which he rendered them (…)

  • – Jean Joseph Taillasson on Salvator Rosa, Observations sur quelques grands peintres, dans lesquelles on cherche à fixer les caractères distinctifs de leur talent (1807)
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A landscape in the collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art:

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Ruins in a Rocky Landscape, 1640  ·  Salvator Rosa
Oil on canvas
Unframed: 144 x 176.7 cm (56 11/16 x 69 9/16 in.)



Photographs from Naples

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Ruins in a Rocky Landscape (75), 2024
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Ruins in a Rocky Landscape (80), 2024
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Ruins in a Rocky Landscape (91), 2024
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Ruins in a Rocky Landscape (44), 2024
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Ruins in a Rocky Landscape (61), 2024
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Ruins in a Rocky Landscape (67), 2024
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Ruins in a Rocky Landscape (28), 2024
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Ruins in a Rocky Landscape (14), 2024
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Ruins in a Rocky Landscape (66), 2024


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