Philatelist

The collector has leaned back into a coral-red armchair, the open album resting on one knee, tweezers lifted with a stamp between them. He wears a blue neckerchief, a brocade waistcoat and grey trousers. Behind him stands a two-tier secretaire filled with books and small drawers, a pocket watch propped in the central niche. A grey cat sits by the low table laid with a teapot and cups, and a painted carpet spreads under the whole arrangement.