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The Progress of Virtue
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III Hero Rescues Prisoners
Purchased 1948
actions: expressive
adults
animals: mammals
courage
dog - non-specific
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
interiors
man
military
people
prison
public and municipal
rescuing
soldier
virtue
woman
work and occupations
<p>One of four scenes from the life of a hero, in which Mortimer displays his distinguished technique as well as an enthusiasm for the wild banditti-infested landscapes of the seventeenth-century Italian artist, Salvator Rosa. These qualities make him a key figure in the development of Romanticism in England. The series of four pictures was shown at the Society of Artists (a precursor of the Royal Academy) in 1775.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
III. The Hero Rescues the Prisoners
support: 762 × 635 mm
Purchased 1948
<p>One of four scenes from the life of a hero, in which Mortimer displays his distinguished technique as well as an enthusiasm for the wild banditti-infested <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscapes</span></a> of the seventeenth-century Italian artist, Salvator Rosa. These qualities make him a key figure in the development of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/r/romanticism" title="Glossary definition for 'Romanticism'"><span>Romanticism</span></a> in England. The series of four pictures was shown at the Society of Artists (a precursor of the Royal Academy) in 1775.</p>
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actions: expressive adults animals: mammals courage dog - non-specific emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas interiors man military people prison public and municipal rescuing soldier virtue woman work and occupations