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The philosopher, the priest, and the painter : a portrait of Descartes /

In the Louvre museum hangs a portrait of a middle-aged man with long dark hair, a mustache, and heavy-lidded eyes, and he is dressed in the starched white collar and black coat of the typical Dutch burgher. The painting is now the iconic image of René Descartes, the great seventeenth-century French...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nadler, Steven M., 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In the Louvre museum hangs a portrait of a middle-aged man with long dark hair, a mustache, and heavy-lidded eyes, and he is dressed in the starched white collar and black coat of the typical Dutch burgher. The painting is now the iconic image of René Descartes, the great seventeenth-century French philosopher. And the painter of the work? The Dutch master Frans Hals--or so it was long believed, until the work was downgraded to a copy of an original. But where, then, is the authentic version located, and who painted it? Is the man in the painting--and in its original--really Descartes?>
Descripción Física:1 online resource (255 pages) 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color)), maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781400847594
1400847591
9781299443471
1299443478