Where is this Salvator Rosa painting?

You can see it at National Gallery of Denmark (Statens Museum for Kunst), Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Denmark. Salvator Rosa created it.

Who depicted this Diogenes story?

Salvator Rosa, who often painted philosophers You can see it at National Gallery of Denmark (Statens Museum for Kunst), Copenhagen.

What moment is shown?

Diogenes sees a child drinking from cupped hands and throws away his cup, realizing even it was unnecessary luxury. Rosa painted this Baroque moral lesson with dramatic landscape setting.

Where to See Diogenes Throwing Away His Drinking Cup.

Italian artist Salvator Rosa painted this another version of Diogenes throwing away his cup. The philosopher embraces radical simplicity after learning from a child's example.

Rosa created multiple works on this theme. This version is at the National Gallery of Denmark in Copenhagen.

Diogenes Throwing Away His Drinking Cup.

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