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Diogenes

Greek philosopher, Diogenes, seated before his barrel, reading from a book, a plucked hen standing behind him at right.

Ugo da Capri after Parmigianino, Diogenes, c. 1524–27, chiaroscuro woodcut (in four shades of green), Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art