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| Salvator Rosa Woman seated on a bank 1640s drawing British Museum |
Salvator Rosa made the drawing above during a relatively serene period in the 1640s when he had settled in Florence to serve the Medici. The artist's restless romanticism is nowhere in evidence, even though his posthumous reputation would consist of little else. "Precipices, mountains, wolves, torrents, rumblings ... Salvator Rosa," as Horace Walpole would write a century later. But the actual range of the work contradicts and exceeds the Byronic caricature that still attaches to the maker.
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| Palma il Giovane Two nudes early 17th century drawing British Museum |
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| Pietro da Cortona Académie 17th century drawing British Museum |
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| Anonymous Italian artist Pharoah's horsemen engulfed 17th century drawing British Museum |
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| Anonymous Italian artist Académie 17th century drawing British Museum |
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| Anonymous Italian artist Roman statue 17th century drawing British Museum |
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| Anonymous Italian artist Painter sitting on stool, seen from the back 17th century drawing British Museum |
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| Anonymous Italian artist Painter sitting on a block, seen from the back 17th century drawing British Museum |
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| Anonymous Italian artist God the Father 17th century drawing British Museum |
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| Anonymous Italian artist working in Florence Triton with sea nymph and putti 17th century drawing British Museum |
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| Anonymous Italian artist Roman statues 17th century drawing British Museum |
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| Anonymous Italian artist Auricular cartouche with satyrs 17th century drawing British Museum |
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| Anonymous Italian artist Draped women 17th century drawing British Museum |
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| Anonymous Italian artist Seated figure looking down 17th century drawing British Museum |
I am grateful for the images made available by the British Museum.