Stadsgezicht met een brug over een kanaal, vermoedelijk in Delft 1870 - 1931

This evocative sketch, "Cityscape with a bridge over a canal, presumably in Delft," was rendered by Willem Bastiaan Tholen. Bridges, like the one spanning the canal here, serve as potent symbols of connection. They are the links between disparate realms and ideas, between known and unknown worlds, between conscious and unconscious thought. Think back to the Roman pontifex, the "bridge-builder," who stood as the chief priest, mediating between the gods and humanity. The bridge has been reimagined across eras, from the precarious rope bridges in ancient Andean cultures to the monumental stone arches of the Roman Empire and now this delicate sketch. Each bridge embodies a reaching out, a desire to traverse, to understand, to unite. Like life itself, it is a journey over troubled waters.