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File:Self-portrait by Salvator Rosa.jpg

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Salvator Rosa, Self-portrait (1640). Inscription: "Of Silence and Speech, Silence is better"

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Salvator Rosa: Philosophy  wikidata:Q26693061 reasonator:Q26693061
Artist
Salvator Rosa  (1615–1673)  wikidata:Q359421 s:it:Autore:Salvator Rosa q:it:Salvator Rosa
 
Salvator Rosa
Alternative names
Salvatore Rosa
Description Italian painter, drawer and etcher
Date of birth/death 20 June 1615 Edit this at Wikidata 15 March 1673 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Naples Edit this at Wikidata Rome Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Rome (1635-1636), Viterbo (1636), Naples (ca. 1636-1639), Rome (1639-1640), Florence (1640-1649), Rome (1649-1672)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q359421
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Philosophy
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre self-portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Self-portrait
Depicted people Salvator Rosa Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa 1645
date QS:P571,+1645-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 116.3 cm (45.7 in); width: 94 cm (37 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,116.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,94U174728
institution QS:P195,Q180788
Accession number
NG4680
Object history Presented by the 6th Marquis of Lansdowne in memory of his father, 1933
Inscriptions AUT TACE / AUT LOQVERE MELIORA / SILENTIO, translated from Latin: "Be quiet, unless your speech be better than silence."
References
Source/Photographer http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/salvator-rosa-philosophy
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current19:50, 28 April 2014Thumbnail for version as of 19:50, 28 April 20143,429 × 4,226 (3.46 MB)Arts639 (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 05:44, 9 April 2012
19:50, 28 April 2014Thumbnail for version as of 19:50, 28 April 20141,366 × 1,683 (704 KB)Arts639 (talk | contribs)Excellent clear picture although smaller in resolution
05:44, 9 April 2012Thumbnail for version as of 05:44, 9 April 20123,429 × 4,226 (3.46 MB)Aavindraa (talk | contribs)lower res but much better quality. official copy
23:26, 25 October 2010Thumbnail for version as of 23:26, 25 October 20104,835 × 6,019 (6.24 MB)Dcoetzee (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=''Self-portrait''. Oil on canvas, 1163 x 940mm (45 3/4 x 37"). Inscribed: AUT TACE / AUT LOQVERE MELIORA / SILENTIO. The National Gallery, London. |Source=Selected work 18 from ''Self Portrait: Renaissance to Contemporary'' (Ant

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