Disgraced Scholar in Forgotten Library

Prompt:

Disgraced scholar in dusty forgotten library stacked with crumbling tomes, disheveled hair falling over cracked spectacles, hands clutching yellowed letters, soft candlelight and deep chiaroscuro casting long shadows, velvet rot and tarnished gilt, fractured mirrors multiplying her poise, ornate filigree curling like serpents, whispering curtains and drifting dust suggest absent crowds, surreal intrusions (levitating frames, warped reflections, clock hands reversed), painterly brushwork, muted golds and bruised blues with wine-red accents, opulence and menace entwined, time paused between aria and collapse.