Anatomische studie van de borst-, buik- en beenspieren van een man in silhouet 1906 - 1945

This is Reijer Stolk's anatomical study of a man's muscles, sometime between 1896 and 1945, made as a print. It’s like looking at a ghost or a shadow of a person, but instead of being scary, it's fascinating, you know? The dark ink against the pale paper is so stark, and the way the muscles are mapped out with these delicate lines, it's as if Stolk is trying to peel back the layers of the human body to reveal its inner workings. Look at the lines around the chest and arms. They're so precise, yet there's still this sense of movement, of life beneath the surface. It reminds me a little of Dürer's engravings, that same attention to detail, but with a slightly different feel. What I love most is how this piece blurs the line between science and art. It's both a study of anatomy and a really beautiful, haunting image. It makes you think about what it means to be human, about the beauty and complexity of the body. Art's like that; it's never just one thing.