Diogenes sits inside his large jar and lights a lantern while dogs gather around him. Gérôme fills the foreground with rough stone, straw, and watchful animals, setting the philosopher’s austere life against the sunlit city beyond. Sources: https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.131; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jean-L%C3%A9on%20G%C3%A9r%C3%B4me%20-%20Diogenes%20-%20Walters%2037131.jpg (Public domain image).

Exhibition Venue

Walters Art Museum

Baltimore, United States