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The image shows four figures mainly depicted from the waist up. The central figure holds a large, round-bottomed flask, looking slightly upward. To their left, another figure holds a candle on a candlestick, facing the flask. On the right, a person with short hair tied back holds another candle. Below them, another figure manipulates the base of a candle, with a dog looking up next to them. The setting is an interior with dark shading, suggesting a dim atmosphere.

"It is good candles which light the way"

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593 - 1678)

1640s · pen and ink with brown wash and white heightening over black and red chalk on laid paper

National Gallery of Art · Julius S. Held Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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