Allegory of Fortune
Salvator Rosa · 1658
Why it's great
The goddess Fortune sits on a cloud and pours treasure out of a cornucopia onto a crowd of animals, and the animals can't tell the difference between a pearl and a bean. Salvator Rosa painted it in about 1658, and the joke was that rich luck is wasted on fools.
Where to see it
📍 Getty CenterLos Angeles, United States
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Salvator Rosa was a painter, poet and actor born in Naples in 1615. He painted wild, rocky landscapes with bandits and witches, and was well known as a wild character in Rome. He died there in 1673.
