This was painted around the time when photography was in its infancy. But the emotion that comes from this pose and lighting is truly ahead of its time.

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The Thinker (Portrait of Louis N. Kenton), 1900
Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)
Oil on canvas; 82 x 42 in. (208.3 x 106.7 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1917 (17.172)

on exhibit at the MET

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