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December: Old Woman by Candlelight
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
An old woman in an interior holds a candlestick with a candle in her hand. She stands by a table on which a skull and an hourglass. Next to the table a goat. In a niche in the wall an owl, on the left wall a tablet with the date 29 December 1645. Below the scene a Latin text in two columns.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDecember: Oude vrouw bij kaarslicht. 1645-12-29. Albert Haelwegh. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
