Maica Îndurerata
1850
From the collection of Ethnographical Museum of Transylvania
1850
From the collection of Ethnographical Museum of Transylvania
Dominant colour
Maica Îndurerata is a 1850 by Unknown, held at Ethnographical Museum of Transylvania.
This small drawing shows a woman in white holding her hands together. Behind her, two ghostly figures float—one with a cross, the other with a halo. The colors are faded, mostly blues and browns, and the lines look rough and uneven. The woman’s face is blurred out, which makes her seem like a stand-in. The ghostly figures might be angels or saints, but they’re drawn in a simple, almost sketchy way. If you like this style, look up cross-hatching—it’s a drawing technique that uses crisscrossed lines to build shadows.
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