# Portrait of a Scholar

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## Artwork

- Artist: [FETTI, Domenico](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fetti-domenico-r403919c7aa22ba>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 98 x 73,5 cm

## Commentary

Earlier the painting was attributed to Ribera, the present attribution to Fetti is also debated. The picture probably represents Archimedes although some critics assume he could be Aristarchos, the Greek astronomer from Samos.

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- [David \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fetti-domenico-r403919c7aa22ba/david-detail-rd988157ebe7582>)
- [David](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fetti-domenico-r403919c7aa22ba/david-r9d705ef2584b75>)
- [David with the Head of Goliath](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fetti-domenico-r403919c7aa22ba/david-with-the-head-of-goliath-r5b62f4921febcd>)
- [Ecce Homo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fetti-domenico-r403919c7aa22ba/ecce-homo-r988aac5bcc0795>)
- [Flight to Egypt](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fetti-domenico-r403919c7aa22ba/flight-to-egypt-r7bf0740536bb72>)
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- [Margherita Gonzaga Receiving the Model of the Church of St Ursula \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fetti-domenico-r403919c7aa22ba/margherita-gonzaga-receiving-the-model-of-the-church-of-st-ursula-detail-r2f8afd051f4e44>)
- [Margherita Gonzaga Receiving the Model of the Church of St Ursula](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fetti-domenico-r403919c7aa22ba/margherita-gonzaga-receiving-the-model-of-the-church-of-st-ursula-r07ca4887a5c61a>)
- [Melancholy \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fetti-domenico-r403919c7aa22ba/melancholy-detail-rba6188847f848c>)
- [Melancholy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fetti-domenico-r403919c7aa22ba/melancholy-r7caf1488e32c62>)
- [Melancholy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fetti-domenico-r403919c7aa22ba/melancholy-re7d999203df53d>)
- [Moses before the Burning Bush](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/fetti-domenico-r403919c7aa22ba/moses-before-the-burning-bush-r1529af4614bd54>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)