Empedocles, standing frontally with his head turned in three-quarter view, directs his gaze toward a flame (the crater of Mount Aetna?) emerging from a horizontal ground line, a walking stick leans toward the right margin
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: René Boyvin|Rosso Fiorentino
Artist bio: French, Angers ca. 1525–1598 or 1625/6 Angers|Italian, Florence 1494–1540 Fontainebleau
Artist role: Artist|Artist
Artist nationality: French|Italian
Date: ca. 1545–63
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 10 7/16 x 6 1/2 in. (26.5 x 16.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession year: 2012
Tags: Men|Philosophers