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About this work

You see a quick, scribbly drawing of a man’s face—ink lines, no color, just shadow and light. No one knows who made it or why. It’s tucked inside a big old sketchbook called the Atlas Van Eck, filed away like a receipt. The lines feel alive, like the artist was thinking faster than the pen could move. To see more loose, anonymous sketches like this, visit the Rijksmuseum.