Plato and Diogenes (Preti)
| Plato and Diogenes | |
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Capitoline Museum, Rome |
The Plato and Diogenes is an oil on canvas painting by the Italian
Capitoline Museum in Rome
.
Description
The painting is listed in 1688 inventories of the
Pinacoteca Vaticana. The scholarly Plato is depicted dressed in a fine fur coat against a wall, displaying one of his texts, while Diogenes, in a drap cloak, holds a lamp in the darkness, and points to Plato.[1]
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