Interior scene with philosophers Genoese School, late 16th century 166 x 121 cm The painting depicts two elderly philosophers, probably Heraclitus and Democritus, in an interior, intent on reading and writing, in a candlelit scene. The rendering of artificial light and the cosy atmosphere reveal similarities with the nocturnal scenes of Luca Cambiaso and the Genoese figurative culture of the late 16th century.