rijksmuseum-art:Democritus, 1628, Museum of the NetherlandsThe Greek philosophers Democritus and Her
rijksmuseum-art:Democritus, 1628, Museum of the NetherlandsThe Greek philosophers Democritus and Heraclitus were considered to be polar opposites. In contrast to the old, melancholy Heraclitus (the nearby pendant), Democritus appears as a young, laughing hedonist. He points to the distance, as though that is where the folly of mankind is found. Together, the pair of paintings conveys a moralizing message: whether you laugh or cry, the world remains incurably foolish.http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.8087 -- source link
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