Democritus in Meditation / Salvator Rosa
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- Accession Number
- 1959/1.126
- Title
- Democritus in Meditation
- Artist
- Salvator Rosa
- Artist Nationality
- Italian
- Artist Life Dates
- 1615-1673
- Medium and Support
- etching with drypoint on laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1615-1673
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Italy (nation)
- Lazio (region)
- Roma (province)
- Rome (inhabited place)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Italy (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Lazio (region)
- Creation Place 4
- Roma (province)
- Creation Place 5
- Rome (inhabited place)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Jean Paul Slusser
- Style/Group/Movement
- Baroque
- Inscription
- The philosopher Democritus sits dejectedly amid funereal surroundings, brooding upon the fleeting nature of human life and achievement. Although famed for laughing at even serious matters in order to show their insignificance, he falls silent here, overwhelmed by the accumulated signs of death and impermanence.
- Period
- Europe, Baroque (1590-1750)
- Dimensions
- 46.5 cm x 27.7 cm (18 5/16 in. x 10 7/8 in.)
- Century
- 17th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Physical Description
- A bearded man sits in a cemetery upon a stone block and leans on a sarcophagus with his head in his hand. A book sits in his lap. Sarcophagi, obelisks, and funerary urns surround him. The bones and body parts of humans and animals along with a discarded helmet and books are strewn across the foreground.
- Subject Matter
- The philosopher Democritus sits dejectedly amid funereal surroundings, brooding upon the fleeting nature of human life and achievement. Although famed for laughing at even serious matters in order to how their insignificance, he falls silent here, overwhelmed by the accumulated signs of death and impermanence.
- Primary Keywords
- cemeteries
- deaths
- etching (printing process)
- philosophers
- skeletons
- skulls (skeleton components)
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- animal material by form or function
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- built complexes and districts
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- image-making processes and techniques
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- people by occupation
- people in the humanities
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- printing and printing processes and techniques
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- skeleton and skeleton components
- skeleton components
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 841 x 1347
- File Size
- 165 KB
- Record
- 1959/1.126
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"Democritus in Meditation; Salvator Rosa." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1959-sl-1.126/1959_1.126.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 06, 2024.
