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Description: | This portrait is of the seventeenth-century Dutch philosopher, Benedictus of Spinoza. Spinoza was an important thinker on ethics whose work was important for Enlightenment thinkers. The painting is a copy of a famous portrait, now in Wolfenbüttel library that was probably made in Spinoza's native Amsterdam. The Leeds' copy was given to the University by a former lecturer, Professor Hallett, who was an expert on Spinoza's philosophy and taught at Leeds from 1922 to 1931. It may well have been commissioned by him, as the canvas is quite new, and given to Leeds on his departure. | Subjects: | Benedictus of) portrait (Spinoza | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Dutch School Æ After | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8359... | Go to resource |
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