The Novel and the Bizarre: Salvator Rosa’s Scenes of Witchcraft
Salvator Rosa 1615–1673 was fiercely committed to his independence and originality and obsessed with promoting his reputation as a great painter of history, philosophy, and morality. Painted in Florence at the Medici court, Rosa’s four Scenes of Witchcraft c. 1645–49 reflect the Florentine traditions of satire, burlesque, and the macabre as well as a contemporary…
Salvator Rosa 1615–1673 was fiercely committed to his independence and originality and obsessed with promoting his reputation as a great painter of history, philosophy, and morality. Painted in Florence at the Medici court, Rosa’s four Scenes of Witchcraft c. 1645–49 reflect the Florentine traditions of satire, burlesque, and the macabre as well as a contemporary interest in witchcraft.
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