Jacob JORDAENS
Diogenes in search of a man
(1642)

Medium
red and black chalk, watercolour and gouache

Measurements
39.4 × 33.2 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1948

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
d'Hulst A183

Accession Number
1890-4

Department
International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Subjects (general)
History and Legend Human Figures Philosophy, Scholarship, Learning and Teaching

Subjects (specific)
Diogenes lanterns (lighting devices) mocking philosophers searching street scenes