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Oil portrait of an older man with white hair in a brown coat and white cravat, set in an oval frame.

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Portrait of John Locke, Godfrey Kneller (1697), Hermitage Museum. Via artnap.com

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An oil painting in an oval frame shows an older man with long, loose white hair, wearing a brown coat over a white cravat, turned slightly to his left with a thoughtful gaze. The warm, low-key lighting falls across his face against a dark brown background.

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Date

1697

Medium

Painting

Museum

Hermitage Museum

License

Public domain

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