Adam de Coster - An Old Man with a Candle and a Glass - fine art print

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English: 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 obscured by the cloak of night? Nattliga genrescener är ofta förknippade med moraliskt tvivelaktiga handlingar och det måttlösa. Mångtydiga bilder, som den gamle mannen med ett vinglas, är svårare att tolka. Motstridiga föreställningar om åldrandet var inte ovanliga under 1600-talet. Är ljuset här en symbol för ålderdomens visdom och dygd eller snarare lömska handlingar dolda av nattens mörker?

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The artwork was made by Adam de Coster. The painting measures the size of Height: 85,5 cm (33,6 ″); Width: 63,5 cm (25 ″) Framed: Height: 104 cm (40,9 ″); Width: 81 cm (31,8 ″); Depth: 8 cm (3,1 ″) and was painted with the techinque of oil on canvas. The artpiece belongs to the Nationalmuseum Stockholm's collection. This public domain artpiece is provided with courtesy of Nationalmuseum Stockholm & Wikimedia Commons.Besides, the artwork has the creditline: . What is more, the alignment is in portrait format with a side ratio of 3 : 4, which implies that the length is 25% shorter than the width.

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