Idyll II c. 1873 - 1874

drawing, gouache, paper, ink, indian-ink

drawing

toned paper

light pencil work

16_19th-century

gouache

cartoon sketch

paper

personal sketchbook

ink

german

ink drawing experimentation

indian-ink

pen-ink sketch

sketchbook drawing

watercolour illustration

storyboard and sketchbook work

sketchbook art

"Idyll II" is a charcoal drawing on paper by German artist Hans von Marées, created between 1873 and 1874. It depicts a group of figures in a pastoral setting. A woman stands in a doorway, her gaze directed towards the viewer, while two men and a child interact in the foreground. The loose, expressive lines of the drawing and the simplified forms of the figures suggest a focus on capturing a sense of intimacy and the everyday life of the subjects. The work is currently housed in the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.