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Just as the Giants\u2014Gaia\u2019s offspring\u2014attempt to storm the throne of the Olympian gods, Jupiter brings them crashing down with a thunderbolt. He can be seen at the top in the clouds. Salvator Rosa executed this colossal composition at the pinnacle of his etching career, and dedicated it to the Florentine poet Horatio Quaranta. Rosa\u2019s pessimistic admonition appears at the bottom of the sheet: \u201cThey are raised up high that they may be hurled down in more terrible ruin.\u201d
Multitalented with boundless energy, Rosa was also a poet, actor, musician, and painter. He made this print to promote his ideas for a painting of the same subject in hopes that a patron would sponsor its execution.
Bartsch 21 only state
Wallace 115 ?/II
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