Untitled
1874
From the collection of Rijksmuseum
Late 19th Century grote kerk
1874
From the collection of Rijksmuseum
You see a small, smudged drawing of a woman in a bonnet, her face half-lit like a candle just went out. No one knows who made it or even what it’s drawn with—ink, charcoal, maybe soot. It’s tucked inside a big folder at the Rijksmuseum called the Atlas Van Eck, where curators store loose sketches they can’t quite place. The faint lines suggest it was done quickly, maybe on a scrap of paper. To see more mystery drawings like this, visit the Rijksmuseum.
