Identification title(s): diogenes sees a boy drinking. Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-37. 053. Catalog reference: the illustrated bartsch 5-2(2). Wallace 103. Bartsch 5. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 240 number, recto bottom, handwritten in brown ink: '1135 99'. Description: diogenes stands in the center with a drinking cup in his hand. Four figures stand around him. On the right a boy is kneeling, drinking from the cups of his hands. After seeing this, diogenes is said to have thrown away his own drinking cup. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: salvator rosa (mentioned on object), according to own design by: salvator rosa (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: italy. Dating: 1661 - 1662. Physical features: etching and drypoint. Material: paper technique: etching / drypoint. Dimensions: plate edge: h 460 mm × w 276 mm. Explanation: print mirror image of a painting in the statens museum for kunst in copenhagen. Subject: what: diogenes throws away his drinking-cup on seeing a boy drink from his cupped hands. Acquisition: transfer of management 1816. Date: between 1661 and 1662.
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