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An Old Man with a Candle and a Glass
Nighttime genre scenes are often associated with morally dubious activities, with voluptuousness and excess. The difficulty of any symbolic reading arises with such ambiguous images as this old man holding a wine glass. Conflicting attitudes toward the elderly were not uncommon in the 17th century. Is the candlelight a symbol of the enlightenment of virtuous old age, or of sinister pursuits obscur…
Creator
- Adam Coster (Attributed to)
- Adam Coster (Earlier attributed to)
- Gerrit van Honthorst (Earlier attributed to)
Type of item
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
- Visual arts
Creator
- Adam Coster (Attributed to)
- Adam Coster (Earlier attributed to)
- Gerrit van Honthorst (Earlier attributed to)
Type of item
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
- Visual arts
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Nationalmuseum, Sweden
Provenance
- Transferred 1866 from Kongl. Museum
Identifier
- NM 469
- 17472
Extent
- Mått 85,5 x 63,5 cm
Format
- Oil on canvas
- Oil painting
Providing country
- Sweden
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-01-11T14:08:49.850Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2017-01-11T14:26:20.556Z