Saint Humphrey (Onuphrius), c. 1660, Salvator Rosa, Italian, (Naples), 1615–1673, 77 1/2 x 46 3/4 in. ( x cm) (canvas), Oil on canvas, Italy, 17th century, This brooding, wild-looking man is identified by some scholars as Saint Onuphrius, a Christian hermit who spent sixty years alone in the Egyptian wilderness, praying and meditating. Onuphrius is commonly depicted as an elderly, almost disturbed man deep in contemplation, covered by his unkempt hair and beard, and clothed usually in leaves rather than fur

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