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Description: | Signed: yes Description: In this poignant image of an old man sharpening a quill pen, the artist not only recalls images such as Rembrandt's Jan Six in his Study, but also plays on the romantic ideal of the lonely writer or artist. Frans Meerts was a little known Belgian artist, who mainly seems to have specialised in interior genre scenes. Southampton Art Gallery has a related work by Meerts entitled The Old Attorney (no. 401). | Subjects: | figure; everyday life; interior | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Meerts, Frans (Belgian artist, 1836-1896) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8412... | Go to resource |
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