Aristotle with a Bust of Homer
Rembrandt · 1653
Why it's great
The philosopher Aristotle, dressed in rich 1600s clothes, rests a hand on a bust of the poet Homer and seems lost in thought about wisdom, fame and money. Rembrandt painted it in 1653, and it is one of the most famous pictures of a thinker in all of art.
🏛️ Part of history
Classical Greece: From Marathon to Socrates (490–399 BC) — The philosopher Aristotle, dressed in rich 1600s clothes, rests a hand on a bust of the poet Homer and seems lost in thought about wisdom, fame and money.
The Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment (1600–1789) — The philosopher Aristotle, dressed in rich 1600s clothes, rests a hand on a bust of the poet Homer and seems lost in thought about wisdom, fame and money.
Where to see it
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Rembrandt van Rijn was born in Leiden in 1606 and moved to Amsterdam in 1631, where he became the most famous painter in Holland. He painted portraits, Bible stories and over eighty self-portraits, and went bankrupt later in life. He died in Amsterdam in 1669.
