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Charcoal drawing of a bald old man seated bare-chested beside standing figures, one with folded arms, one holding a spear, with a bowl at left.

Diogenes Asking Alexander the Great to Step Aside

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a bald, bearded old man sitting bare-chested among standing figures, one with folded arms and one holding a spear. Stumped shadows and white highlights model the forms on cream paper, with a bowl at left and a shadowy figure behind.

Artist
Unknown
Date
n.d.
Medium
Charcoal and black chalk with stumping, heightened with white chalk (recto), and charcoal with stumping (verso) on cream laid paper with blu
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1247 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1899).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

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