Italian 17th Century Baroque Oil on Canvas Painting Coastal Landscape Fishermen, Attributed to Salvator Rosa

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Italian 17th Century oil on canvas Baroque painting, attributed to Salvator Rosa (1615-1673), a coastal landscape scene with fishermen, circa … Read more Italian 17th Century oil on canvas Baroque painting, attributed to Salvator Rosa (1615-1673), a coastal landscape scene with fishermen, circa 1650.
The painting depicts a rocky coastline surrounded by trees and fishermen to the foreground with their catch, to the background a blue cloudy sky above the sea with more fishermen in boats, the work is very finely painted.
The painting had come from an important family collection in Genoa Italy dating back to at least the mid 19th century, the painting came to New York with the family and thence passed by descent, the painting has always been described as by Salvator Rosa. The painting has been relined and cleaned and is in good condition, the painting is housed in an early 19th century gilded frame, both the painting and frame are in very good condition and is ready to grace your wall. A very similar painting sold at Lempertz Auction Gallery Cologne Germany for $143,000 including buyer's premium, November 19th 2022.

Salvator Rosa born in Arenella, Sicily, and died, 1673, in Rome. He was an Italian Baroque painter and etcher of the Neapolitan school remembered for his wildly romantic or “sublime” landscapes, marine paintings, and battle pictures. He was also an accomplished poet, satirist, actor, and musician.
Rosa studied painting in Naples, coming under the influence of the Spanish painter and engraver José de Ribera. Rosa went to Rome in 1635 to study, but he soon contracted malaria. He returned to Naples, where he painted numerous battle and marine pictures and developed his peculiar style of landscape—picturesquely wild scenes of nature with shepherds, seamen, soldiers, or bandits—the whole infused with a romantic poetic quality.
His reputation as a painter preceded his return to Rome in 1639. Already famous as an artist, he also became a popular comic actor. During the Carnival of 1639 he rashly satirized the famous architect and sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, thereby making a powerful enemy. For some years thereafter the environment of Florence was more comfortable for him than that of Rome. In Florence he enjoyed the patronage of Cardinal Giovanni Carlo de’ Medici. Rosa’s own house became the center of a literary, musical, and artistic circle called the Accademia dei Percossi; here also Rosa’s flamboyant personality found expression in acting. In 1649 he returned and finally settled in Rome. Rosa, who had regarded his landscapes more as recreation than as serious art, now turned largely to religious and historical painting. In 1660 he began etching and completed a number of successful prints. His satires were posthumously published in 1710.
Rosa's paintings are housed in some of the most prestigious museums & galleries including; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Louvre Paris, National Gallery of Scotland, National Gallery of Denmark, National Museum of Poland, Uffizi Gallery Florence, Prado Gallery Madrid, Devonshire Collection Chatsworth Derbyshire, to name just a few.
At Sight
Height 25"
Width 39" See less