Portrait of a Youth with Long Hair
Meet the ultimate Romantic era heartthrob in this delicate sketch by Eugen Eduard Schäffer. The title literally translates to 'Portrait of a Youth with Long Hair,' and he definitely delivers on that front with his flowing, wavy locks and dreamy, distant gaze. The artist used faint, sketchy lines to capture the young man's face and high-collared jacket, leaving the rest of the paper bare. It feels like an intimate moment frozen in time, showing us exactly why 19th-century artists were so obsessed with capturing the beauty and melancholy of youth.
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