
Rembrandt van Rijn
1661
A hooded monk bends over an open book in a nearly black interior. Light gathers on the page, his lowered face, and the hands supporting the volume, turning quiet reading into the only visible action in the surrounding darkness. Source: https://kokoelma.kansallisgalleria.fi/en/object/413527 (Finnish National Gallery CC0 image and metadata).
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