Bearded old man in a draped robe beside a pedestal – Historic Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic image captures Bearded old man in a draped robe beside a pedestal in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Bearded old man in a draped robe beside a pedestal
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A bearded elder in a draped robe stands beside a pedestal, a pairing that points to the long tradition of portraying scholars as figures of wisdom and learning. Images of robed sages were common in European and American print culture from the 18th century onward, when such figures often stood in for the ideal of the learned man surrounded by books. The pedestal, borrowed from classical sculpture, suggests the authority of antiquity and the written word. Notice the heavy, loose folds of the drapery, which artists used to signal dignity and age.
| Original scan | 2,746 × 4,403 px · prints to 9 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif15541_Studyofanoldman |
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