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Anna Dorothea Therbusch

A Scientist Seated at a Desk by Candlelight

1755
oil on canvas
121.9 × 103.5 cm (48 × 40.7 in)

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Therbusch’s painting career began when she was in her 40s, after her children had grown.

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