“The central problem of Western civilization is reduced to one guy who’s got to puzzle it out for himself.”
Curator Walter Liedtke on Aristotle with a Bust of Homer by Rembrandt from 1653.
Contributors
Walter A. Liedtke
Curator
Curator
Photography by Juan Trujillo
Art Mentioned
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
1653
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