books0977:The Bookworm (184[6]). Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (French, 1803-1860). Oil on canvas. The W
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books0977:The Bookworm (184[6]). Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (French, 1803-1860). Oil on canvas. The Wallace Collection.The subject is perhaps derived from seventeenth-century Dutch precedents but unusualy transferred to an Orientalist setting. The transience of time is suggested by the Rococo clock in the background. -- source link
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