Albrecht Dürer, Philosophia (1502)
Referencing Lady Philosophy from Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy.
Wise men from the Greek (Plato), Egyptian (Ptolemy), Roman (Virgil and
Cicero), and German (Albert the Great) traditions surround her, together
with images depicting the four winds corresponding to the four elements
and four humors.
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