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The Crucifixion of Polycrates
Salvator RosaLinkedCulture matchlcp-889caa857911
- Date
- c. 1662
- Medium
- Etching, with drypoint, in black on ivory laid paper
- Culture
- Italy
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 45205
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
Salvator Rosa was an important printmaker as well as an admired painter. The artist’s oversize etching of the Greek Polycrates’ crucifixion by his Persian enemy (c. 522 b.c.) probably preceded his painting of the same subject. Rosa’s slightly simplified painting appears in reverse, likely because he worked from the print’s preparatory cartoon to create it. The legend beneath the print reads: “Polycrates, tyrant of Samos, famous for his wealth and good fortune, when he was captured by Oretes, Satrap of the Persians, and fastened on a cross, showed that no man can be truly called happy until he is dead.”
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- Credit line
- John H. Wrenn Memorial Endowment
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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