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Weeping elderly man in brown robe, head bowed over clasped hands, beside a brass armillary sphere, dark background.

Heraclitus, the Weeping Philosopher

An elderly, white-bearded man in a brown robe bows his head over clasped hands, eyes shut in grief, beside a brass armillary sphere at left. Dark background and warm light from the upper left model his face and hands in dramatic Baroque chiaroscuro.

Artist
Spanish
Date
c. 1630
Medium
Oil on canvas
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1439 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1640).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift in memory of Samuel Gans from his heirs

Español: Heráclito, el filósofo que llora

Un hombre anciano de barba blanca, con túnica parda, inclina la cabeza sobre las manos entrelazadas, con los ojos cerrados en gesto de llanto, junto a una esfera armilar de bronce a la izquierda. El fondo oscuro y la luz cálida desde arriba modelan su rostro y sus manos con un claroscuro barroco dramático.

Português: Heráclito, o Filósofo que Chora

Um homem idoso, de barba branca e manto marrom, inclina a cabeça sobre as mãos entrelaçadas, de olhos fechados em pranto, ao lado de uma esfera armilar de latão à esquerda. O fundo escuro e a luz quente vinda do alto modelam seu rosto e suas mãos num claro-escuro barroco dramático.

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