Democritus, the Laughing Philosopher

Spanish

c. 1630

Medium

Oil on canvas

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

87.7 × 75 cm (34 1/2 × 29 1/2 in.); Framed: 83.9 × 95.3 × 5.1 cm (33 × 37 1/2 × 2 in.)

Culture

Netherlands

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago, Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Credit line

Gift in memory of Samuel Gans from his heirs

Rights

Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.

Who can see it

Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

View at the Art Institute of Chicago

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• 1600s
• Netherlands
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