Untitled
1854
From the collection of Rijksmuseum
Untitled is a 1854 by Unknown, held at Rijksmuseum.
This small, brownish drawing shows a man in a dark coat standing beside a table with a lamp. No one knows who made it or what it’s for. It was tucked inside a big book of old sketches at the Rijksmuseum, so it might have been a quick study or a practice piece. The light from the lamp is the only bright spot—everything else fades into shadow. If you like how the light and dark play together, look up chiaroscuro.
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