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Oval portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit turned to the left, with inscribed name and dates in a dark frame.

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Petrus Jacobus Cosijn (1840-1899), professor Old-German and English in Leiden, Jan Veth, Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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An oval portrait in oil shows a bearded man in a dark suit and white collar, turned to the left against a muted olive background. The painting is set in a dark wooden frame with lettering above and below naming the sitter as Petrus Jacobus Cosijn, with academic titles and dates of birth (29 Nov 1840) and death (26 Aug 1899) in Leiden. The work is attributed to Jan Veth.

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