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About this work

A small, worn drawing shows a woman in a dark room, her face lit by a single candle. The rest of the scene fades into shadow—just a table, a chair, and a few faint lines suggesting walls. No one knows who drew it or why. It was tucked inside a big book of old sketches at the Rijksmuseum, forgotten for years. The way the light clings to her face feels almost accidental, like a quick study rather than a finished work. To see more quiet, candlelit scenes like this, look up chiaroscuro.