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Description: | A full-length figure of a man in slightly dishevelled clothing, seated in a domestic interior setting, reading a letter. He leans against a dining table to the right, which is covered in a heavy dark cloth and bears a tray with a bowl, plate and knife. There is a plain wall in the background, against which is hung a barber's bowl, a square of cloth and a landscape painting. A door is just visible on the far right, and some green curtains on the far left. A large book (?) lies discarded on floor in bottom left corner, beside small scrap of paper bearing the artist's signature.
Technique: oil on canvas
medium: oil paint
Interior with Man Reading by Ekels, Jan, the Younger, 1784, (1935.286). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.4106 | Go to resource |
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