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About this work

You see a small, smudged sketch of a street corner—bare trees, a lamppost, and a few people in long coats. No one knows who drew it or what medium they used. It was tucked into a big folder called the Atlas Van Eck, a collection of random city scenes the Rijksmuseum keeps for research. The lines are quick, almost like a doodle, but the mood feels real—like a cold afternoon you half-remember. To see more of these quiet, unsigned sketches, look up the Rijksmuseum’s online collection.