St. Onuphrius in Wilderness, c. 1660
Salvator Rosaexpand_more
Oil on canvasexpand_more
The John R. Van Derlip Fundexpand_more 64.2
On View in Gallery 330expand_more
This brooding, wild-looking man is identified by some scholars as Saint Onuphrius, a Christian hermit who spent sixty years alone in the Egyptian wilderness, praying and meditating. Onuphrius is commonly depicted as an elderly, almost disturbed man deep in contemplation, covered by his unkempt hair and beard, and clothed usually in leaves rather than fur.
Salvator Rosa—best known as a painter, but also an etcher, poet, musician, and actor—nurtured a bohemian reputation. His unconventional subject matter—witches, bandits, ascetics—and rugged, moody landscapes made him a hero to artists of the Romantic movement more than a century later.
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- St. Onuphrius in Wilderness
- Artist Life
- (Naples), 1615–1673
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- Artist
- Accession Number
- 64.2
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