Old Master - Democritus and Protagoras

Democritus standing before Protagoras, looking down at him with outstretched arms, hailing him as a philosopher on seeing him bind a bundle of twigs, thereby making them stronger than a single stick would have been, while Protagoras looks up, holding the bundle on a rock and leaning on it with his right knee to keep them together; with a tree in the background to right, landscape visible over the brow of the hill where they are grouped and two other men turning to watch to left; after Salvator Rosa. 1778

Artist: After Salvator Rosa by Isaac Taylor
Print Type: Mezzotint
Date: 1773
Publisher: John Boydell
Dimensions: 19 x 24"
Provenance: Hill House print collection
Notes & Literature: A similar reversed copy is held by the British Museum.
Condition Report: Very Good
Subject References: prints old masters Christianity Greece Greek