Rosa, a painter, poet and actor, shows himself crowned with cypress, the tree of mourning, writing a Greek inscription on a skull. It is one of the most brooding self-portraits of the 17th century.
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Self-Portrait (Salvator Rosa)
Dark Academia · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Salvator Rosa, ca. 1647. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (public domain).