A sign indicating that the subject is the titular "Philosopher of Silence," along with a brown cloak and a three cornered hat, appears in a self-portrait by one artist from this city.
A sign indicating that the subject is the titular "Philosopher of Silence," along with a brown cloak and a three cornered hat, appears in a self-portrait by one artist from this city. That man, known for works like Heroic Battle and Landscape with Tobit and the Angel that prefigured Romanticism, is Salvator Rosa. A commission to paint the Chapel of San Gennaro in this city was turned down by Guido Reni after an assassin was sent to murder him by a so-called "Cabal" of painters that may also have poisoned Domenichino (*) here and jealously threatened many others. After killing a man, Caravaggio fled to Malta and then to this city. A Spanish artist working in this city painted a beggar boy in The Clubfoot, while his masterpiece shows St. Philip, formerly thought to be Bartholomew, with his wrists tied to a bar as he is raised up to be crucified. For 10 points, name this southern Italian city where Jusepe de Ribera led a school of tenebrists, located near Vesuvius.
A sign indicating that the subject is the titular "Philosopher of Silence," along with a brown cloak and a three cornered hat, appears in a self-portrait by one artist from this city.
Naples [or Napoli; or Napule; accept Salvator Rosa before "city" is read] 