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Diogenes and Alexander

Maker

(artist)
1717-1808

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1659-1734

Title

Medium

black and brown chalk, pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash with white bodycolour on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 13.6 cm
Width: 18.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1253

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

Alexander the Great's visit to the philosopher Diogenes, who lived in a barrel, is shown here. When Alexander granted Diogenes a favour, the philosopher simply requested him to stand aside as he was shading him from the sun. The rich application of wash and bodycolour conveys the sharp contrast between light and shade.
Domenico Mondo was a pupil of Francesco Solimena (1657–1747), one of the key painters in early eighteenth-century Naples.

Provenance

Sotheby's (London), 9 May 1934, lot 35; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, 16 September 1935 (£4 and in part exchange); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Special Display - Neapolitan drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 06/10/2011-26/01/2012

Inscriptions

Inscription: A.6946

Collector's mark: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

Watermark: Recto, upper centre: a circle containing a bird standing in profile on top of a trefoil.

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