Day
1804
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1804
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
You see a tall, dreamy print of dawn: pale light spills over hills, flowers open, and a baby sleeps in a nest of leaves. Runge made four prints—morning, noon, evening, night—to show how time feels, not just how it looks. He believed nature was a secret code for God, so every leaf and shadow carries meaning. If you like this quiet magic, look up the technique called *chiaroscuro*.
