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his master. About 1635 he went to Rome, was patronized by Cardinal Brancaccia, and painted for him several works at Viterbo. After a visit to Naples he went to Rome again, in 1639, and soon became famous as a painter, a musician, and a satirical poet. In 1647, on hearing of the insurrection of Masaniello, he hastened to Naples and joined the Compagnia della Morte, of which Falcone was the leader. On the downfall of Masaniello he returned to Rome, where he got into trouble by a satirical picture, and therefore accepted the invitation of the Grand Duke to visit Florence. In 1652 he returned to Rome, and spent the rest of his days there. Salvator Rosa was ambitious to excel as an historical painter, and his masterpiece is considered to be the Conspiracy of Catiline, in the Pitti, Florence; but he was more successful in landscapes and marine views. He is at his best when he depicts a den of robbers amid the wildest surroundings—naked crags, gloomy pools, foaming torrents, trees scathed by lightning or the tempest. He excelled also in battle scenes, his figures being full of movement and expression. Among his works are: His portrait (2), and Landscapes with Figures (2), Uffizi, Florence; Two Marine Pieces, Selva de' Filosofì, Conspiracy of Catiline, Temptation of St. Anthony, Portrait of himself, nine others, Palazzo Pitti, ib.; Souls in Purgatory, St. Paul in the Desert, Brera, Milan; Scene from "Jerusalem Delivered," Grotto with Satyrs, Two Landscapes, Galleria Estense, Modena; Parable of St. Matthew, Battle Piece, Christ and the Doctors, Naples Museum; Court Scene, Landscape, Palazzo Colonna, Rome; Prometheus, Four Battle Pieces, The Giant Titius, Palazzo Corsini, Rome; St. Roch, Landscape, Belisarius, Palazzo Doria, ib.; The Painter and Satyrs, Palazzo Chigi, ib.; Battle Piece, Tobias and the Angel, Samuel appearing to Saul, Louvre, Paris; Bay and City of Salerno, Madrid Museum; Stormy Sea, Berlin Museum; Jonah threatening the Inhabitants of Nineveh, Cadmus and Minerva, Italian Seaport, Copenhagen Gallery; Storm at Sea, Landscape with Temptation of St. Anthony, do. with St. Jerome and the Lion, Portrait of the Artist, Dresden Museum; Three Monks by Stormy Sea, Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Soldiers Resting, Provinzial Museum, Hanover; Soldiers of Gideon quenching their Thirst, Two Coast Views, Old Pinakothek, Munich; Prometheus on the Rock, Germanic Museum, Nuremberg; Belisarius relating his Fate, Treasure Diggers in Subterranean Room chastised by Devils, Rocky Landscape with Jacob and his Herd, Oldenburg Gallery; Prodigal Son, Nausicaa and Ulysses, Democritus and Protagoras, Soldiers at Dice, Male Portraits (3), Seaports (2), Landscapes (2), Hermitage, St. Petersburg; Combat of Roman Horsemen (1645), four others, Vienna Museum; Landscapes with Figures, etc., in Galleries and Museums of Bergamo, Aix-la-Chapelle, Cassel (2), Carlsruhe, Darmstadt, Geneva (2), Stettin, Stuttgart (3), Turin (2), Wiesbaden, London (3), and Edinburgh (2); Historical Society, New York (3).—Baldinucci, v. 437 (ed. 1846); Ch. Blanc, École napolitaine; Burckhardt, 768, 774, 782; Kugler (Eastlake), ii. 596; Nagler, xiii. 370.
ROSA DI TIVOLI. See Roos, Philipp.
ROSALBA. See Carriera, Rosalba.
ROSALES, EDUARDO, born in Madrid
in 1837, died in Rome, Sept. 13, 1873.
History painter, pupil of Madrid Academy
under L. Ferrant and Madrazo; went in
1857 to Rome and Siena, where he studied
after the old masters. Afterwards lived for
some time at Murcia, and then became director
of the Spanish Academy at Rome.
Medals: Madrid, 1866, 1871; Paris, and
L. of Honour, 1867. Order of Isabella.