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Portrait of Isaac Casaubonus, scholar in the humanities, by W.P., Sherlock, unspecified, 1850

Portrait of Isaac Casaubonus, scholar in the humanities

W.P., Sherlock

1850

unspecified

From the collection of Leiden University Libraries

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Overview

Portrait of Isaac Casaubonus, scholar in the humanities is a 1850 unspecified by W.P., Sherlock, held at Leiden University Libraries.

Who painted this?
W.P., Sherlock
When & what style?
1850
Where can I see it?
Leiden University Libraries

About this work

The painting shows a man sitting at a desk with books and papers around him. He's dressed in old-fashioned clothes and looks like a scholar. The man in the painting is Isaac Casaubonus, a scholar in the humanities, and the painting is based on a work by another artist, which is an interesting fact about this piece. The artist who created this version, W.P. Sherlock, was inspired by the original, and that's what makes this work notable. You can learn more about this style by looking at the work of artist: Sherlock, W.P., (1770-1840)

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