Gallery›Wellcome Collection›Diogenes, sitting in front of his barrel and being offered whatever he wants by Alexander the Great, asks Alexander to step aside so that he can see the sun. Etching by S. Rosa.
Diogenes, sitting in front of his barrel and being offered whatever he wants by Alexander the Great, asks Alexander to step aside so that he can see the sun. Etching by S. Rosa.
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Diogenes, sitting in front of his barrel and being offered whatever he wants by Alexander the Great, asks Alexander to step aside so that he can see the sun. Etching by S. Rosa.

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Lettering: Sensit Alexander testa quum vidit in illa magnum habitatorem, quanto felicior hic, qui nil cuperet, quam qui sibi posceret orbem ; Salvator Rosa inv. scul.

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