Art UK has updated its cookies policy. By using this website you are agreeing to the use of cookies. To find out more read our updated Use of Cookies policy and our updated Privacy policy.

A Savant Reading a Book

Image credit: Wellcome Collection

How you can use this image

Public Domain

This image has been assigned a Public Domain Mark and is free to use with unrestricted use.

Please acknowledge the Collection who own the work with a photo credit — this helps spread the word about their resources.

To learn more about images and rights, please see our image use page.

Download

Notes

Add or edit a note on this artwork that only you can see. You can find notes again by going to the ‘Notes’ section of your account.

A night scene. Right; a bald man wearing pince-nez sits reading a book. Left; indistinct details, possiby a cabinet containing inter alia an hourglass and a skull (unusually placed on its side to keep papers flat). A paper in the lower left foreground bears indistinct inscription, possibly 'D... gnon...' Attributed to Christian von Thum on the evidence of a painting signed by him and offered for sale by Bukowski, Stockholm, 26 November 1992, lot 141 (a hermit with vanitas symbols), and a similar unsigned painting (Saint Jerome) attributed to von Thum and offered for sale at Christie's Amsterdam, 11 May 2011, lot 16.

Wellcome Collection

London

Title

A Savant Reading a Book

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 125 x W 112.5 cm

Accession number

47506i

Acquisition method

purchased by Henry S. Wellcome, c.1900–1936

Work type

Painting

Tags

This artwork does not have any tags yet. You can help by tagging artworks on Tagger.

Wellcome Collection

183 Euston Road, London, Greater London NW1 2BE England

This venue is open to the public. Not all artworks are on display. If you want to see a particular artwork, please contact the venue.
View venue