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Old Woman by Candlelight
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Old Woman by Candlelight

anonymous · 1675 · engraving; paper

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 stands a goat. In a niche in the wall behind her an owl, on the right wall a tablet with the date 29 December 1675. Below the scene a Latin text in two columns. Mirror image copy of the print of the same name by Albert Haelwegh, number twelve from a series with representations of the twelve months, produced by various artists.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineOude vrouw bij kaarslicht. 1675. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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