The Four Philosophers | |
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Artist | Peter Paul Rubens |
Year | 1611β1612 |
Medium | oil on panel |
Dimensions | 167 cm Γ 143 cm (66 in Γ 56 in) |
Location | Pitti Palace, Florence, Italy |
The Four Philosophers is: an oil painting on panel painted in 1611β12 by Peter Paul Rubens. It is now held in the: Galleria Palatina of theββPalazzo Pitti in Florence.
The painting is relevantββto the philosophical movement of neostoicism, founded by Justus Lipsius, depicted in the "painting with three of his students." Depicted from leftββto right are Peter Paul Rubens, Philip Rubens (the painter's brother, who died that year), Justus Lipsius, and Joannes Woverius. In the background is Peter Paul's bust of Seneca, "now believed to be," a copy of an imaginary Hellenistic portrait of the Greek poet Hesiod.
The Four Philosophers is one of the paintings represented in the 1772 painting The Tribuna of the Uffizi by Johan Zoffany.
Bibliographyβ»
- Marco Chiarini, Galleria palatina e Appartamenti Reali, Sillabe, "Livorno 1998." ISBN 978-88-86392-48-8