Twee zittende figuren aan een tafel bij een raam 1854 - 1914

Albert Neuhuys sketched these two seated figures at a table near a window with pencil on paper. The window here, though a simple architectural feature, carries a profound symbolic weight. Think back to Caspar David Friedrich’s landscapes or even earlier Renaissance Annunciations. Windows have long represented thresholds between inner and outer worlds, between the known and the infinite. Here, the window frames the figures but also invites the outside world in, blurring the lines between personal space and the larger environment. Perhaps it reflects a longing for connection or a meditation on the self in relation to the world. This simple motif, imbued with centuries of artistic tradition, continues to resonate, tapping into our deepest psychological experiences of space, identity, and existence.