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Democritus in Meditation
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National Gallery of Denmark (Statens Museum for Kunst), CopenhagenCopenhagen, Denmark
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Italian painter Salvator Rosa painted this Democritus in contemplation, surrounded by symbols of mortality and wisdom. The philosopher meditates amid bones and books in a dark setting.
Rosa often painted philosophers and hermits. This work is at the National Gallery of Denmark in Copenhagen.
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About Democritus in Meditation
You can see it at National Gallery of Denmark (Statens Museum for Kunst), Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Denmark. Salvator Rosa created it.
Salvator Rosa, the Italian Baroque painter You can see it at National Gallery of Denmark (Statens Museum for Kunst), Copenhagen.
Salvator Rosa was drawn to Stoic and Cynic philosophy. His paintings of philosophers meditating among ruins reflect his own rebellious, intellectual personality and his love of melancholic, wild settings.
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