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From the collection of Rijksmuseum
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From the collection of Rijksmuseum
You see a small, smudged drawing of a woman’s face in profile, her hair piled high and a ribbon tied at her neck. No one knows who made it or why. It was tucked inside a big book of loose sketches at the Rijksmuseum, like a note slipped between pages. The lines are soft, almost rubbed away—maybe it was practice, or maybe someone just liked the way the light hit her cheek. To see more quick, quiet sketches like this, look up the Rijksmuseum’s online collection.
