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
Medium and Support
etching and drypoint on laid paper
Object Creation Date
1615-1673
Object Creation Place
Europe (continent)
Italy (nation)
Lazio (region)
Roma (province)
Rome (inhabited place)
Credit Line
Gift of Jean Paul Slusser
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.
Period
Europe, Baroque (1590-1750)
Dimensions
56.2 cm x 39.8 cm (22 1/8 in. x 15 11/16 in.)
Century
17th century
Primary Object Classification and Primary Object Type
Print
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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