FETTI, Domenico
(b. ca. 1589, Roma, d. 1623, Venezia)

Portrait of a Scholar

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Oil on canvas, 98 x 73,5 cm
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden

Earlier the painting was attributed to Ribera, the present attribution to Fetti is also debated. The picture probably represents Archimedes although some critics assume he could be Aristarchos, the Greek astronomer from Samos.