Dutch School, 19th century, in the manner of Gerrit Dou. An oil on metal panel, likely copper, depicting a genre scene of a physician or alchemist in the 17th-century Dutch tradition. The composition features a central male figure in a red cap examining a glass vessel, accompanied by a younger assistant, with an interior background showing shelves of bottles and jars. The work is executed with tight, illustrative brushwork. The painting is housed in a heavily distressed, cream-painted wooden frame. The verso shows the dark metallic surface of the support held by rusted nails, with no visible signature, dates, or labels.
10 x 12.5 cm.
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