Demokritus recessed in meditation Demokritus is in meditation recessed, resting his head in his hand. Around him, inter alia, coffins, dead animals, human and animal skulls and an obelisk. Top left is an owl in a tree. Bottom left two lines of Latin tekst. Manufacturer : printmaker: Salvator Rosa (listed building) in its design: Salvator Rosa (listed property) Place manufacture: Italy Date: 1662 Physical Features: Etching and drypoint material: paper Technique: etching / drypoint Dimensions: plate edge: h 457 mm × W 276 mmToelichtingPrent mirror image at a painting in the Statens Museun for Ku
Demokritus recessed in meditation Demokritus is in meditation recessed, resting his head in his hand. Around him, inter alia, coffins, dead animals, human and animal skulls and an obelisk. Top left is an owl in a tree. Bottom left two lines of Latin tekst. Manufacturer : printmaker: Salvator Rosa (listed building) in its design: Salvator Rosa (listed property) Place manufacture: Italy Date: 1662 Physical Features: Etching and drypoint material: paper Technique: etching / drypoint Dimensions: plate edge: h 457 mm × W 276 mmToelichtingPrent mirror image at a painting in the Statens Museun for Kunst to Kopenhagen. Subject: (story of) Democritus, the philosopher'Vanitas' symbolsobelisk, needleowlssarcophagus
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