Reward+24 XP Self-Portrait jigsaw puzzle
Salvator Rosa, ca. 1647 · Art
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About this puzzle
Self-Portrait is a free online jigsaw puzzle you can play straight in your browser, at any size from 12 to 500 pieces. Drag a piece near where it belongs and it snaps into place; joined pieces then move together as one. Your progress saves on this device, so you can close the tab and carry on later — and every finish earns points towards your next level and grows something in My Garden.
The picture is a work by Salvator Rosa , ca. 1647, in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It is in the public domain (Public Domain (CC0)), which is why we can offer it here at full resolution and free of charge.
About the painting
Salvator Rosa, a painter, poet and actor from Naples, shows himself as a serious philosopher in a dark cloak, crowned with a wreath of cypress, a symbol of mourning, and writing on a skull. It was painted in Florence in the 1640s and is one of the most striking self-portraits of the Italian seventeenth century.
How to solve it
A dark portrait with one lit face. Build the face, the skull and the hands first, then the wreath. The cloak and background are near-black: sort those pieces by faint warm and cool tints and by the direction of the folds.
Puzzle facts
| Size | Pieces cut | Grid | About how long |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seedling | 12 | 3 × 4 | 5–10 min |
| Sprout | 20 | 4 × 5 | 5–10 min |
| Bloom | 48 | 6 × 8 | 15–25 min |
| Bush | 99 | 9 × 11 | 45–75 min |
| Tree | 208 | 13 × 16 | 1½–2½ hours |
| Orchard | 304 | 16 × 19 | 2½–4 hours |
| Orchard | 500 | 20 × 25 | 5–7 hours |
- Shape
- Portrait
- Collection
- Art
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