Hunebed bij Tynaarlo 1915

Dirk Arnoldus Tavenraat made this drawing of a Hunebed near Tynaarlo using pen and brush in brown ink. Just look at those marks on the stones. I can imagine Tavenraat making this drawing out in a field, squinting in the sun, and trying to make sense of these crazy megalithic shapes. You know, finding a way to represent the way the sun beats down on those rocks. He’s really thinking about the light and how it creates these shadows and textures. I can almost feel the roughness of the stone and the quiet of the landscape. What I love about drawings like this is how they invite us to contemplate time and history, and how artists across generations keep looking and responding to the world around them.