Gezicht op de Ferdinandsbrücke te Wenen before 1905

This is a sketch of the Ferdinandsbrücke in Vienna, by Christian Joseph Berres, made with what looks like pen and ink. It’s so precise and detailed, you can tell he was really looking. I love how the ink creates a kind of patterned surface, almost like wallpaper, especially in the way he’s described the architecture, with these tiny, repetitive marks. If you look closely, you can see how the varying pressure of the pen creates depth and shadow, giving the building a real sense of weight. It's this balance between precision and the looseness of the hand-drawn line that I find so appealing. It reminds me of some of the architectural drawings of Piranesi, who was also obsessed with detail and perspective. But where Piranesi's work is dramatic, this feels more intimate, like a personal record of a place and time. It shows us that art is not about perfection, but about seeing and feeling the world in all its messy, beautiful complexity.