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About this work

You see a small, smudged sketch of a woman’s face in profile. The lines are soft, almost blurred, like someone drew it quickly with charcoal or pencil. No one knows who made it or why it ended up in the Rijksmuseum’s collection. It’s part of a huge folder of random drawings sorted by a street number—basically, an old filing system. That makes it feel like a quiet secret, not a grand statement. If you want to see more quiet, mysterious sketches, spend time with the Rijksmuseum’s online archive.