Axial Commons Image Treasury
Oil painting of a bearded man in a fur-trimmed robe raising a glass flask, with an open book and a red cushion in a dim room.

A physician or apothecary examining a flask at a casement. Oil painting by Willem Joseph Laquy, 1780.

An elderly man in a blue-green robe trimmed with fur and a fur cap raises a glass flask toward the light, pointing upward with his other hand beside an open book. A red cushion, a jug and a shelf with objects fill the dim room under a painted arched frame.

Artist
Laquy, Willem Joseph, 1738-1798.
Date
1780
Medium
Oil paintings Paintings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3330 × 4000 px
Download full size
Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1780.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Hombre examinando un frasco junto a una ventana, óleo de Willem Joseph Laquy, 1780

Un hombre de edad avanzada, con una bata azul verdosa ribeteada de piel y un gorro de piel, levanta un frasco de vidrio hacia la luz y señala hacia arriba con la otra mano junto a un libro abierto. Un cojín rojo, una jarra y un estante con objetos llenan la habitación tenue bajo un marco arqueado pintado.

Português: Homem examinando um frasco junto a uma janela, óleo de Willem Joseph Laquy, 1780

Um homem de idade avançada, com um roupão azul-esverdeado debruado de pele e um gorro de pele, ergue um frasco de vidro em direção à luz e aponta para cima com a outra mão, ao lado de um livro aberto. Uma almofada vermelha, um jarro e uma prateleira com objetos preenchem o cômodo sombrio sob uma moldura arqueada pintada.

More from Stories of the Old Testament

Split carcass of a slaughtered ox hanging in a dim barn, with figures by a window and a dog on the wooden floor.The Slaughtered OxOil portrait of a mustached man in a brown tunic turning his head, set against a red and blue map with globe lines.Joseph StalinGenre painting of a woman in a wide hat at an open door holding fruit, with a seated mother and child, a spaniel, and an owl in a tiled hall.Een kersenverkoopster aan de deurThree children in a garden by a terracotta urn and stone arch; a girl in gold holds a small nest while a boy kneels beside her.Drie kinderen spelend met een vogelnestjeCarved pale limestone head of a bearded man wearing a crenellated crown, set against a dark background on a dark stand.Head of King DavidRembrandt etching of bearded figures seated at a meal before a doorway, with bread on a dish and a jug in front, and trees in the landscape at right.Abraham Entertaining the Angels