Portrait of the artist's foster father, professor, zoologist Henrik Nicolai Krøyer, sitting in a red armchair. He is reading in a book , by peder severin kroyer , 1872 , portrait , Realism style
A painting of an old man reading a book.
An old man is sitting in a red chair reading a book. He is wearing a long sleeve shirt and green pants. There is a bookshelf behind him with many books on it. A skull is sitting on top of the book shelf. 