“... He was a bad courtier and painted an ambiguous picture entitled La Menzogna or Falsehood, to show what he felt about the need for dissimulation to achieve success; a man holds up a mask to indicate to his companion that he must adopt it if he wants to make progress at court... ... The clear message was that Rosa was not prepared to demean himself in that way.” FalsehoodRosaSalvator RosaLa MenzognaRosa In FlorenceThe Break With The Cardinal Book:Salvator Rosa: His Life and Times Source: Salvator Rosa: His Life and Times