The Brothers Eberhard
1822
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1822
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
You see two men in profile, side by side, their faces lit softly against a dark background. This is a *Freundschaftsbild*—a friendship portrait. Ramboux drew it for the Eberhard brothers, fellow artists in his circle. The Nazarenes, the group he belonged to, valued old-fashioned draftsmanship, and you can see it here in the careful shading that gives the faces depth. To see more works like this, look up *chiaroscuro*.
