The Childhood of Pico della Mirandola (1842)

Paul Delaroche: The Childhood of Pico della Mirandola

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola was an Italian Renaissance philosopher, and a prodigious scholar and author who lived in the 15th century. He fell prey to the political instability of the times, falling under the sway of the radical monk Savonarola and dying of poison.