The sleeping philosopher Democritus, 1775 print In the midst of antique debris, animal skulls and semi -dead trees, the ancient philosopher Democritus of Abdera sleeps. Next to him are an oil lamp and a sky slobe. He is in the traditional attitude of the personification of sleep and the night: the arm bent over the head. With inscription derived from the preamble of an ode to Horatius: Integer Vitae Scelerisque Purus (HOR: Lib. I. Od: 22), who refers to a right -handed walk of life, free of sins. paper etching (story of) Democritus, the philosopher. sleeping on the ground. scholar, philosophe
The sleeping philosopher Democritus, 1775 print In the midst of antique debris, animal skulls and semi -dead trees, the ancient philosopher Democritus of Abdera sleeps. Next to him are an oil lamp and a sky slobe. He is in the traditional attitude of the personification of sleep and the night: the arm bent over the head. With inscription derived from the preamble of an ode to Horatius: Integer Vitae Scelerisque Purus (HOR: Lib. I. Od: 22), who refers to a right -handed walk of life, free of sins. paper etching (story of) Democritus, the philosopher. sleeping on the ground. scholar, philosopher. ruin of a building ~ architecture
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