# A Writer Trimming His Pen

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## Artwork

- Artist: [EKELS, Jan the Younger](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ekels-jan-the-younger-r7f2448baca5dfa>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on panel, 28 x 24 cm

## Commentary

This painting shows the influence of Jan Vermeer and also that of the French Classicism.

## Related artworks

- [Conversation Piece \(The Sense of Smell\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ekels-jan-the-younger-r7f2448baca5dfa/conversation-piece-the-sense-of-smell-r15d85794ff06ee>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)