Diogenes

A Greek philosopher of the 4th century BCE, Diogenes was a founder of Cynicism, which scorned social norms and polite behavior, advocated an austere and simple life, and held self-control and virtue to be the most important human traits.

Diogenes is depicted with his lantern, a reference to the story that he carried a lamp around in daylight hours as he searched for an honest man in a society of scoundrels. The owls (birds associated with the goddess Athena) likely allude to the city of Athens, where Diogenes lived for a time.

Om maleriet

Oplysninger

Imens i livet hos Johann Carl Loth

I samme sal · G350, Minneapolis Institute of Art

Ja, det tager imod

I kataloget

Kilder

Scene from the Childhood of Moses

Aphrodite before Zeus

Eleazar and Rebekah at the Well

Judith verläßt nach der Tat das Lager des Holofernes

Mythologische Szene

Schlafender Silen

Opferung Isaaks

Letztes Abendmahl

Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness, c. 1776

The Philosopher, c. 1845–55

The Lamentation, c. 1617

The Annunciation, c. 1660

The Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John, c. 1750

Latona Turning the Lycian Peasants into Frogs, c. 1730

The Bath of Diana, c. 1730

Portrait of Faustina Bordoni, 1738–40