Paesaggio con Pitagora e pescatori
c. 1662
on displaySalvator Rosa1615 Neapel – 1673 Rom
We have 2 artworks by Salvator Rosa online.
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We have 1824 paintings online.
Pythagoras, philosopher and mathematician, emigrated from Samos to Kroton around 532 BC and founded a religiously based living community there. Since he believed in the transmigration of souls, he bought the captured fish from the fishermen and released them.
Salvator Rosa designed the scene with larger figures for a public exhibition in 1662 (Berlin, Gemäldegalerie).
Also known as
Landschaft mit Pythagoras und den Fischern
Landscape with Pythagoras and the Fishermen
Paysage avec Pythagore et les pêcheurs
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
image: 123 x 198 cm
Inventory number
KS 53
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, The Betty and David Koetser Foundation, 1986