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Self-portrait
As well as demonstrating the painter's erudition, the use of Greek may also have served a symbolic purpose. In this painting, the artist is shown inscribing a skull with a Greek text that may read: "Behold: whither, sometime". The artist uses the language of timeless wisdom to write on an object symbolising the transience of human existence. This juxtaposition heightens the contrast between the et…
Creator
- Salvator Rosa
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- Salvator Rosa
- Antonio da Correggio
Subject
- Salvator Rosa
- Baroque painting
- Salvator Rosa
- Baroque painting
- Baroque painting
- Salvator Rosa
Date
- ca. 1647
- 1647~
Medium
- Oil on Canvas
Creator
- Salvator Rosa
- http://viaf.org/viaf/97748522
- Salvator Rosa
- Antonio da Correggio
Subject
- Salvator Rosa
- Baroque painting
- Salvator Rosa
- Baroque painting
- Baroque painting
- Salvator Rosa
Date
- ca. 1647
- 1647~
Medium
- Oil on Canvas
Providing institution
Aggregator
Intermediate provider
- MUSEU_HUB
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Temporal
- 17th century
- 17th century
Places
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Identifier
- Inv. 21.105
- 044_Id_19
Format
- Painting
Language
- Greek
- ell
Is part of
- GrECI
Providing country
- Cyprus
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2024-08-20T17:10:31.396Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2024-08-20T17:10:31.396Z