Carnage
The Large Cavalry Battle (1645)
Salvator Rosa (Naples 1615 - 1673 Rome)
Canvas, 229 x 345 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
Salvator Rosa "was one of the first painters who did not glorify or idealize war, but depicted it as a horrific carnage. [...]
The Large Cavalry Battle was created in Florence, presuamably for a patron from the circle of the Medici. Together with two additional, monumental battle pictures that Rosa produced for Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and for King Louis XIV respectively, it counts among the most ambitious works by this nonconformist artist." (Information text in the museum)
Carnage
The Large Cavalry Battle (1645)
Salvator Rosa (Naples 1615 - 1673 Rome)
Canvas, 229 x 345 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
Salvator Rosa "was one of the first painters who did not glorify or idealize war, but depicted it as a horrific carnage. [...]
The Large Cavalry Battle was created in Florence, presuamably for a patron from the circle of the Medici. Together with two additional, monumental battle pictures that Rosa produced for Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and for King Louis XIV respectively, it counts among the most ambitious works by this nonconformist artist." (Information text in the museum)