A Hermit

A Hermit is an oil painting on oak panel by Dutch Golden Age painter Gerrit Dou, created c. 1661. The painting is in the Wallace Collection, in London.

It depicts a monkish figure, of very old age, surrounded by symbols of vanitas (skull, candle, hourglass), which serve as a reminder of the brevity of human life. He looks at the viewer, as he leafs through the Bible open in front of him. He is in a dark interior, illuminated only by the light of the candle.

摘自英文维基百科「A Hermit」（CC BY-SA 4.0），暂时没有中文条目。