The Four Philosophers

The Four Philosophers
Artist Peter Paul Rubens
Year 1611-1612
Medium oil on panel
Dimensions 167 cm × 143 cm (66 in × 56 in)
Location Pitti Palace, Florence, Italy

The Four Philosophers is a 1611-12 painting by Peter Paul Rubens. It is now held in the Galleria Palatina of the Palazzo Pitti in Florence. It also features in the 1772 painting The Tribuna of the Uffizi by Zoffany.

Beginning from left to right it shows Peter Paul, Philippus Rubens (the painter's brother), Justus Lipsius, and Jan Woverius. In the background is Peter Paul's bust of Seneca, now believed to be a copy of an imaginary Hellenistic portrait of the Greek poet Hesiod.

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