Anonymous (18th century). (Interior with man being anointed)

Oil on canvas, 23 x 19 cm., in frame.

Intriguing scene which appears to expose several issues simultaneously. The man in black wears a priest's robes with biretta or "Canterbury cap". He anoints the head of the kneeling old man, with a basket with eggs besides them. From the darkness in the background a man with a hooked nose is watching.