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A bearded man sits in a cemetery upon a stone block and leans on a sarcophagus with his head in his hand. A book sits in his lap. Sarcophagi, obelisks, and funerary urns surround him. The bones and body parts of humans and animals along with a discarded helmet and books are strewn across the foreground.
Salvator Rosa
Democritus in Meditation
1615 – 1673
Gift of Jean Paul Slusser
1959/1.126
This etching with drypoint had a series of abstracted figures created with line. There is a large head at the center and around it there are at least five other heads/figures. Through the right-center of the page there is a strong black, winding line. In addition, there is a large starburst at the top right. The print is signed and dated (l.r.) "Miró / 1947" and numbered (l.l.) "57/70" in pencil.
Joan Miró (Spanish (culture or style))
Filletto, sautant à la corde, femmes, oiseaux
1947
Museum Purchase
1947/2.14
A standing man in a magnificent crested helmet addresses a bearded man in bedraggled clothes sitting on the ground before the mouth of a large barrel. The latter figure turns his head to respond and extends his right hand toward the other man. A group of soldiers crowd around.
Salvator Rosa
Alexander Visiting Diogenes
1615 – 1673
Gift of Jean Paul Slusser
1964/2.109
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