Untitled
1795
From the collection of Rijksmuseum
Untitled is a 1795 by Unknown, held at Rijksmuseum.
You see a small, smudged drawing of a woman in profile, her face lit from the side like a candle is nearby. No one knows who made it or what it was for. It’s tucked inside a big book of old sketches at the museum—basically a drawer of odds and ends. The light and shadow are so simple they feel modern, even though the paper is over 200 years old. To see more quick, quiet sketches like this, search the Rijksmuseum’s online collection.
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