1840
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Sketches in Belgium and Germany, Volume I: Confessional in St. Gudule, Brussels is a 1840 by Louis Haghe, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a small, dim chapel with two stone statues of winged figures standing behind a carved altar. Two women kneel in prayer—one on a bench, the other on the floor—while a third stands nearby. Candles flicker on tall stands, and the walls have pointed arches and intricate moldings. The artist focused on the quiet moment of prayer, using soft shading to show light and shadow. The statues look like angels, but the scene feels more about the people than the carvings. Next, check out The Cleveland Museum of Art to see this sketch in person.
Louis Haghe (17 March 1806 – 9 March 1885) was a lithographer and watercolourist from the Netherlands and then the United Kingdom.
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