Alexander and Diogenes

Why it's great

Alexander the Great, who has everything, offers the philosopher Diogenes anything he wants. Diogenes, lying in the sun, just asks him to stop blocking the light. Gaspar de Crayer painted this meeting in the 1620s.

🏛️ Part of history

Alexander the Great (336–323 BC) — Alexander the Great, who has everything, offers the philosopher Diogenes anything he wants.

Where to see it

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About the artist

Gaspar de Crayer

1584–1669 · born in Antwerp · died in Ghent

Gaspar de Crayer was a Flemish painter born in Antwerp in 1584 who worked in Brussels and Ghent. He painted altarpieces and portraits in the Baroque style and was a respected rival of Rubens. He died in Ghent in 1669.