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St. John Baptist
Judith and Holofernes
Madonna with child
San Sebastiano cured by the angels
Madonna of the straw
Salome with the head of the Baptist
The elegant snack
Corsini throne
Venus reaches dying Adonis
Dispute of Jesus among the doctors
The torture of Prometheus
Denial of Peter
Madonna of the milk
Triptych with Ascension, Last Judgment, Pentecost
Allegory of the four elements - Air, Water, Earth, Fire
The hare
Polyptych with Madonna and Child with Saints
The tribute of the currency
Adoration of the shepherds
St. John Baptist
Judith and Holofernes
Madonna with child
San Sebastiano cured by the angels
Madonna of the straw
Salome with the head of the Baptist
The elegant snack
Corsini throne
Venus reaches dying Adonis
Dispute of Jesus among the doctors
The torture of Prometheus
Denial of Peter
Madonna of the milk
Triptych with Ascension, Last Judgment, Pentecost
Allegory of the four elements - Air, Water, Earth, Fire
The hare
Polyptych with Madonna and Child with Saints
The tribute of the currency
Adoration of the shepherds

The torture of Prometheus

Salvator Rosa

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Corsini Gallery

Corsini Gallery

Via della Lungara, 10 , Rome

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Prometheus, a figure from classical mythology, lies on his back chained to a cliff in the Caucasus. From the tension of the limbs, as well as from the grimace of the face, one can perceive all the brutality of the torture. One hand is clenched, the other is wide open, and the tendons almost protrude from the wrist; the legs apart are both very tense; the torn belly offers a piece of human anatomy; the eagle is devouring the intestine, even if the myth speaks only of the liver, which, growing back every day, is the daily meal of an endless torture. What identifies the character as Prometheus is the lit torch in the lower right corner, the instrument with which the titan had given humanity fire. The eagle, an attribute of Zeus, becomes the ambassador of the revenge of the father of the gods. The torture of Prometheus is a theme in which figurative issues, linked to the correct representation of passions (including pain, wonder, death, madness), are intertwined with philosophical and literary motifs, congenial to the multifaceted spirit of Salvator Rosa.
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Title: The torture of Prometheus

Author: Salvator Rosa

Date: 1646-1648

Technique: Oil painting on canvas

Displayed in: Corsini Gallery

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