Udkast til Ester Balles gravmæle 1906

"Udkast til Ester Balles gravmæle" (Draft for Ester Balles's Tombstone) is a pencil drawing by Danish artist Niels Larsen Stevns, dated 1906. The sketch depicts a simple, yet powerful design for a tombstone, featuring a central cross with the inscription "ESTHR" (likely a shortened form of "Ester") and "BALL" (shortened from "Balles"). The surrounding area includes details of the surrounding landscape, possibly a cemetery with trees and a path. This sketch showcases Stevns's artistic approach, focusing on simplicity and symbolism, which would characterize his later monumental works.