Heraclitus
Heraclitus, by Hendrick ter Brugghen, 1628, Dutch painting, oil on canvas. One of a pair of portraits of Greek philosophers Heraclitus and Democritus. Elderly Heraclitus is crying as he mourns the folly of mankind. The realistic figure leans on a terrestrial globe. He is also called The Obscure and the Weeping Philosopher (BSLOC_2016_3_45)
Picture No
11110630
Media ID
45272908
Size
2448px x 3000px
(1.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Everett Collection
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1604 1620s 50 60 50-60 Authors Brugghen Draped Ephesus Grieving Heraclitus Ionian Meijer Philosophers Pre Socratic Pre-socratic Provinces Scholar Socratic Sorrow Tears Weeping
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