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Giovanni Paolo Panini Piacenza 1691-1765 Rome
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Giovanni Paolo Panini Piacenza 1691-1765 Rome

Diogenes throwing away his drinking cup

Closed4 October 2007

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Giovanni Paolo Panini Piacenza 1691-1765 Rome
Diogenes throwing away his drinking cup
oil on canvas
38½ x 49½ in. 97.8 x 125.7 cm.

Anonymous sale; Galleria Manzoni, Milan, 26 February 1970, no. 41, as Panini.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 3 March 1972, lot 22, as 'Panini'.

Specialist note

Diogenes of Sinope (4th century BC) was an Athenian philosopher known for his austere lifestyle. This painting illustrates a story from Laërtius (6:37) which tells how Diogenes, upon seeing a child drinking from his cupped hands, threw away his drinking cup.