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Diogenes

Diogenes with His Lantern
Image credit: National Trust Images

Diogenes with His Lantern

Gioacchino Assereto (1600–1649)

National Trust, Kedleston Hall and Eastern Museum

Greek philosopher and a founder of Cynicism

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Artworks of Diogenes

  • Alexander and Diogenes
    Alexander and Diogenes John Martin (1789–1854)
    Hatton Gallery
  • Alexander and Diogenes
    Alexander and Diogenes Netherlandish School
    National Trust, Kingston Lacy
  • Alexander and Diogenes
    Alexander and Diogenes Edwin Henry Landseer (1802–1873)
    Tate
  • Diogenes
    Diogenes T. H. Stephenson (c.1870–c.1940)
    Lancaster Maritime Museum
  • Diogenes
    Diogenes Pier Francesco Mola (1612–1666)
    Christ Church, University of Oxford
  • Diogenes and Alexander
    Diogenes and Alexander William Kent (c.1685–1748) (attributed to)
    Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge
  • Diogenes Casting Away His Wooden Bowl as a Superfluity, on Seeing a Youth Drinking from His Hand
    Diogenes Casting Away His Wooden Bowl as a Superfluity, on Seeing a Youth Drinking from His Hand Antonio Zucchi (1726–1796)
    National Trust, Saltram
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