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Oil painting of a bearded man in a blue robe holding up a flask at a table of books, in an arched frame, with a companion panel beside it.

Bearded man examining a flask by the light, oil painting, 1780

A bearded man in a blue-green robe raises a glass flask toward the light at a cluttered table covered with open books, within an arched painted frame. Shelves, a jar, and a window with green drapery fill the dark room, and a companion panel shows a seated woman working at a table.

Artist
Laquy, Willem Joseph, 1738-1798.
Date
1780
Medium
Oil paintings Paintings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2277 px
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Public domain · Licensed CC BY 4.0 (Wellcome Collection) by Wellcome Collection; credit required.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier C · as stated by the source: CC BY 4.0 (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)