Description | Etching with drypoint, of Diogenes throwing away his drinking bowl after seeing a youth kneeling down and drinking water with his hands.
Includes inscription 'Diogenes Adolescentum manu bibentum intuitus Scyphum proycit / Salvator Rosa Inv.Scul.'
This is an example of the only known state of the print. It is a companion piece for 'Democritus in Meditation' which can be dated to 1662. |