Salvator Rosa at Dulwich Picture Gallery

A little off-topic, but...  today we spent an enormously enjoyable afternoon on a rare day out to the Dulwich Picture Gallery in South London, visiting the current exhibition of works by Salvator Rosa, a Naples-born artist of not inconsiderable ability.  His story is an interesting one in itself, and Wikipedia offers a good distilled version.  


Although his own interests lay in at times bizarre depictions of witchcraft and associated imagery, the gallery curator, Xavier Salomon, explained to us that were it not for his landscapes, this artist would not be considered in such high regard.   

Details of the exhibition can be found here (http://bit.ly/aAnBl9) and I would urge you to visit if you get a chance.  The exhibition runs until 28 November 2010.


Images courtesy Wikipedia