Ruth and Boas

About this work

In this 1825 pen and brown ink drawing, Ruth and Boas are depicted in a rural landscape. Ruth, wearing a headscarf and a long dress, stands in a field, holding a bundle of wheat. Boas, dressed in a tunic and a hat, stands opposite her, holding a staff. In the background, other figures work in the field, and trees and hills stretch out into the distance. The artist has used cross-hatching to create a sense of texture and depth in the drawing, with the lines varying in thickness and direction to suggest the roughness of the wheat and the smoothness of the figures' clothing. To learn more about the artistic techniques used in this drawing, look up the technique of cross-hatching.