Alexander Visiting Diogenes / Salvator Rosa

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Accession Number
1964/2.109
Title
Alexander Visiting Diogenes
Artist
Salvator Rosa
Artist Nationality
Italian
Artist Life Dates
1615-1673
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)
Style/Group/Movement
Baroque
Inscription
Signed on plate: Saluator Rosa Inu. Scul. Inscription: Sensit Alexander, testa quum uidet in illa/Magnum habitatorem... Watermark: A N, fleur-de-lis over hills ensclosed in double circle.
Dimensions
56.2 cm x 39.8 cm (22 1/8 in. x 15 11/16 in.)
Century
17th century
Primary Object Classification
Print
Primary Object Type
intaglio print
Physical Description
A standing man in a magnificent crested helmet addresses a bearded man in bedraggled clothes sitting on the ground before the mouth of a large barrel. The latter figure turns his head to respond and extends his right hand toward the other man. A group of soldiers crowd around.
Subject Matter
Alexander the Great, wearing a crested helmet, approaches the philosopher Diogenes, who had famously rejected all worldly possessions to live in a burial urn. Eager to meet the philosopher, the all-powerful emperor asks what he may do for him. With a sharply dismissive wave of his right hand, Diogenes barks, "For now I want you to get out of my sunlight." Thunderstruck by this rejection, the emperor realizes that wealth and power do not bring true fulfillment.
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Record
1964/2.109
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"Alexander Visiting Diogenes; Salvator Rosa." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1964-sl-2.109/1964_2.109.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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