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Man in turban reading an open book beside a carved doorway, with a hookah and stacked books nearby.

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The painting shows a bearded man in a turban and pink robe seated in a carved wooden chair beside a richly decorated stone doorway, holding an open book and resting his hand on his cheek in thought. A hookah stands on a inlaid side table nearby, with stacked books on a wooden bench to the right.

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Date

1904

Medium

Print

Museum

Wikimedia Commons

License

Public domain

Themes

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