Young Man with a Candle

Many authorities believe that this picture is an allegory of study and vigilance, rather than a genre scene without any specific meaning.

The painting is a remarkable proof of the long continuation of the early seventeenth-century tenebrist tradition; only the handling of still-life is any indication of the late date of the picture.

It is assumed that Gobin worked at Orl�ans. He was also a still-life painter, and it is likely that his work is still confused with that of Miffren Conte.