The Fourth Wise Virgin
1474
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1474
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
This is a black-and-white drawing of a woman holding a lit candle in one hand and a baby in the other. She wears a long, flowing dress with a headpiece shaped like wings. The background is plain, but her clothes and the fabric around her feet are detailed with lines to show folds. The woman’s calm face and the candle suggest she might be a symbol rather than a real person. The artist used shading to make her clothes look three-dimensional. Check out chiaroscuro to see how light and shadow create depth in art.
