Art, literature & history
The Crucifixion of Polycrates
c. 1662
- Dating
- Approximate
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- etching and drypoint on laid paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 47.5 x 72.3 cm (18 11/16 x 28 7/16 in.) sheet: 54.5 x 78 cm (21 7/16 x 30 11/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1985.21.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Salvator Rosa. The Crucifixion of Polycrates. Salvator Rosa; This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the National Gallery of Art . Please see the Gallery's Open Access Policy .. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Salvator_Rosa,_The_Crucifixion_of_Polycrates,_c._1662,_NGA_65886.jpg. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Crucifixion of Polycrates — Salvator Rosa. c. 1662.
Medium: etching and drypoint on laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 47.5 x 72.3 cm (18 11/16 x 28 7/16 in.) sheet: 54.5 x 78 cm (21 7/16 x 30 11/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1985.21.1. Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.