Object Detail
Description
print Diogenes, sitting in front of his barrel and being offered whatever he wants by Alexander the Great, asks Alexander to step aside so that he can see the sun
Maker and role
artist: Salvator Rosa (Italian, b.1615, d.1673)
Production place
Italy
Production date
circa 1662
Media description
etching and drypoint on paper
Measurements
450 x 280 mm (sight)
700 x 500 mm (frame)
700 x 500 mm (frame)
Inscriptions
inscription reads: "Sensit Alexander, testa quum uidit in illa Magnum habitorem, quanto felicior hic, que Nil cuperet, quam qui totem sibi prsceret orbem"
signed 'Salvator Rosa Inu.Fcul'
signed 'Salvator Rosa Inu.Fcul'
Credit line
Foundation Collection, 1989
Project credit line
This digital record has been made available on TJC Collection Online through a significant donation from the OPENING DOORS fund, the generous support of The Friends of The Johnston Collection, and Digitisation Champion Christine Bell
Accession number
A1005.3
TJC reference number
1270
