Image: The Death of Empedocles by Salvator Rosa
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Description: Salvator Rosa, 'The Death of Empedocles', c. 1665 – 1670, Oil on canvas, 135 x 99 cm, Private collection (Helen Langdon, Salvator Rosa - Dulwich Picture Gallery, London 2010, p. 213). According to Helen Langdon, the real theme of the work is ‘man’s desire to lose himself in the immensity and violence of natural forces’.
Title: The Death of Empedocles by Salvator Rosa
Credit: Private collection (Helen Langdon, Salvator Rosa - Dulwich Picture Gallery, London 2010, p. 213).
Author: Salvator Rosa
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