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Elderly bearded man reading by candlelight with a skull and a winged angel behind him, painted in 1843.

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Petrus van Schendel Saint Jerome 1843, Petrus van Schendel (1843), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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An elderly bearded man in red drapery reads an open book by the light of an oil lamp, his head resting on one hand. Behind him a winged angel looks down over his shoulder, and a skull and quill lie on the table beside him. The work is signed and dated 1843 by Petrus van Schendel.

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