Diogenes

c. 1524–27 Sheet: 47.7 x 34.7 cm (18 3/4 x 13 11/16 in.) Source image
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Diogenes was a Greek philosopher who lived during the 300s BC. The bird in the background alludes to his cynical response to Plato, who had described man as a featherless biped. Diogenes plucked a rooster and brought it to Plato’s school, exclaiming, “Here is Plato’s man!” Ugo...

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