This is not a painting. It's a wax figure of Alfred Nobel placed in a mock-up of his laboratory at his house Björkborn, which is just outside akirlu's home town of Karlskoga, Sweden. Taken in 2001, our most recent visit there. Contrast this to my picture of Nobel's death mask, also at Björkborn, taken on the same trip, uploaded to Wikipedia.

(I'm rooting through old photos today, playing with iPhoto.)