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A Salvator Rosa for the Uffizi
17/1/25 Acquisition - Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi - The most appalling detail in this monumental canvas, in which a fulminating, naked and wrinkled witch emerges, is undoubtedly the swaddled newborn baby lying in the dark background. This painting by Salvator Rosa, which deserves to be restored to reveal all its details, was purchased by the Uffizi Museum in Florence from the New York gallery Nicholas Hall [1].
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- 1. Salvator Rosa (1615-1673)
The Witch, c. 1647-1649
Oil on canvas - 212 x 147 cm
Florence Gallerie degli Uffizi
Photo: Gallerie degli Uffizi - See the image in its page
The subject is not an isolated one in the output of the artist, who was also a painter, poet and philosopher. Evil characters haunt his literary work: one of his poems in 1646 refers to…
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