St. Paul, Hermit

Salvator Rosa Italian

Not on view

A poet, painter, printmaker, and actor, Rosa was a fascinating, if irascible, figure in early modern Italy, 
and a prolific, expressive draftsman. This drawing is possibly a study for his painting of Saint Paul in the wilderness, originally commissioned for the church 
of Santa Maria della Vittoria, in Milan. The intensity 
of the saint’s devotion, with his arms and gaze turned heavenward, is matched by the agitated landscape 
and the whirling energy of Rosa’s frenetic and impassioned strokes.

St. Paul, Hermit, Salvator Rosa (Italian, Arenella (Naples) 1615–1673 Rome), Pen and brown and black ink, brown wash, over black chalk, corrected and highlighted with gray gouache

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St. Paul, Hermit, Salvator Rosa (Italian, Arenella (Naples) 1615–1673 Rome), Pen and brown and black ink, brown wash, over black chalk, corrected and highlighted with gray gouache
St. Paul, Hermit, Salvator Rosa (Italian, Arenella (Naples) 1615–1673 Rome), Pen and brown and black ink, brown wash, over black chalk, corrected and highlighted with gray gouache

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