Robert Wellman

Robert Wellman’s portraits feel like postcards from a world where everyone’s dressed for Sunday and the light bounces off silk the way it does on wet cobblestones. The Baroness Brukenthal sits framed by a window that could be Transylvania or the next town over, you can’t quite tell, and that’s the trick. Her lace collar catches the same glow painting her face, so the whole picture breathes.

Tap “Sofia de Barcsay, născută baroneasă Brukenthal” next; the woman’s stare lands like a held breath when you stand close to the canvas.