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Description: | A philosopher is shown in his study reading a book of Galen. Paintings on philosophy and alchemy themes were popular in seventeenth-century Flemish and Dutch art. It is not known who initiated this interest but both Teniers and Ryckaert took up the theme in earnest around 1648. The themes are used as an illustration of human folly involving futile searches. This painting is by a Flemish artist and is by or after Gerard Thomas. | Subjects: | figure; interior; everyday life; still life; animal (dog; scorpion; reptile (?)); allegory (folly; vanitas) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Thomas, Gerard (Flemish artist, 1663-1720) Æ Attributed to after Previously attributed to after Bossche, Balthasar van den (Flemish painter, 1681-1715) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8327... | Go to resource |
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