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Young Man Sitting in Reverie by a Fireplace
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A young man sits musing on his chair by a fireplace. Around him are scenes from his thoughts. Bottom left: a baby in a cradle; middle left: Bacchus on a donkey; top left: a loving young couple; top middle: a man and woman at a table, their child playing with the dog; top right: a frustrated man at a table with his accounts, the devil standing to the right; bottom right: a man hangs himself, another man is stabbed; bottom right: children on a graveyard.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineJongeman zit mijmerend bij een haard. 1843 - 1876. Carel Christiaan Antony Last. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
