Artist

Simon Vouet

French, born Paris, France 1590-died Paris, France 1649
Born
Paris, France
Died
Paris, France

Works by this artist (1 item)

Hans Erni, "The reason, in respect of which we are rational beings, is common: if this is so, common also is the reason which commands us what to do, and what not to do; if this is so, there is a common law also; if this is so, we are fellow-citizens; if this is so, we are members of some political community; if this is so, the world is in a manner a state...My nature is rational and social; and my city and country, so far as I am Antonius, is Rome; but so far as I am a man, it is the world."--Marcus Aurelius Antonius, 121-180. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., 1950, gouache, scratchwork and india ink on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.88
The reason, in respect of which we are rational beings, is…
Date1950
gouache, scratchwork and india ink on paper
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