“Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so truth be in the field, we do ingloriously…to misdoubt her strength. Let her and falsehood grapple; who ever knew truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter?” –John Milton, Areopagitica, 1644. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

René Magritte, "Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so truth be in the field, we do ingloriously...to misdoubt her strength. Let her and falsehood grapple; who ever knew truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter?" --John Milton, Areopagitica, 1644. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., ca. 1958, gouache on paper mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.195
Copied René Magritte, "Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so truth be in the field, we do ingloriously...to misdoubt her strength. Let her and falsehood grapple; who ever knew truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter?" --John Milton, Areopagitica, 1644. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., ca. 1958, gouache on paper mounted on paperboard, sheet: 9 1⁄4 x 7 1⁄2 in. (23.4 x 19.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.195

Artwork Details

Title
“Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so truth be in the field, we do ingloriously…to misdoubt her strength. Let her and falsehood grapple; who ever knew truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter?” –John Milton, Areopagitica, 1644. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.
Artist
Date
ca. 1958
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 9 1⁄4 x 7 1⁄2 in. (23.4 x 19.0 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Container Corporation of America
Mediums
Mediums Description
gouache on paper mounted on paperboard
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure male — waist length
  • Disaster — shipwreck
  • Disaster — storm
  • Object — foodstuff — bread
  • Object — foodstuff — beverage
  • State of being — phenomenon — surreal
  • Allegory — quality — truth
Object Number
1984.124.195
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1984.124.195