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Description: | The painting of scholars such as philosophers became increasingly popular in the Netherlands in the seventeenth century, with the rise of humanism, and interest in the notion of the individual. Such themes were explored by famous Dutch artists such as Rembrandt and Vermeer. A philosopher exemplifies this exploration, although in this work he sleeps, his hand on the skull in the foreground, which alludes to the transience of human life and perhaps the futility of study and the search for the meaning of life. | Subjects: | figure; interior | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Koninck, Salomon (Dutch painter, printmaker, and draftsman, 1609-1656) Æ Attributed to Previously attributed to Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch painter, draftsman and printmaker, 1606-1669) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8645... | Go to resource |
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