Identification title(s): democritus lost in meditation. Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-37. 055. Catalog reference: the illustrated bartsch 7-1(2). Wallace 104. Bartsch 7. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 240 number, recto lower, handwritten in brown ink: '1135 n. 99' inscription, verso upper left, handwritten in brown ink: '[. . ] gl'. Description: democritus sits in meditation, his head resting in his hand. Around him include sarcophagi, dead animals, human and animal skulls and an obelisk. Top left is an owl sitting in a tree. Bottom left two lines of latin text. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: salvator rosa (mentioned on object), according to own design by: salvator rosa (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: italy. Date: 1662. Physical features: etching and drypoint. Material: paper technique: etching / drypoint. Dimensions: plate edge: h 457 mm × w 276 mm. Explanation: print mirror image of a painting in the statens museun for kunst in copenhagen. Subject: what: (story of) democritus, the philosopher 'vanitas' symbolsobelisk, needleowlssarcophagus. Acquisition: transfer of management 1816. Date: 1662.
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