Hoofd van een huilende vrouw 1683 - 1733

"Hoofd van een huilende vrouw" (Head of a Weeping Woman) is a red chalk drawing by Dutch artist Bernard Picart, dating from between 1683 and 1733. The drawing, now located at the Rijksmuseum, depicts the head and shoulders of a woman with her hair in a braided crown, her face contorted in sorrow, with tears running down her cheeks. The powerful emotional expression of the woman in this small-scale work underscores Picart's mastery of the human form, capturing the raw emotion of sorrow.