Diogenes throwing away his drinking cup

細節

Giovanni Paolo Panini Piacenza 1691-1765 Rome
Diogenes throwing away his drinking cup
oil on canvas
38½ x 49½ in. 97.8 x 125.7 cm.

來源

Anonymous sale; Galleria Manzoni, Milan, 26 February 1970, no. 41, as Panini.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 3 March 1972, lot 22, as 'Panini'.

出版

F. Arisi, Gian Paolo Panini e i fasti della Roma del '700, Rome, 1986, p. 351, no. 241.

拍品專文

Diogenes of Sinope (4th century BC) was an Athenian philosopher known for his austere lifestyle. This painting illustrates a story from Laërtius (6:37) which tells how Diogenes, upon seeing a child drinking from his cupped hands, threw away his drinking cup.