Mother with child 

This is Eugen Neureuther’s "Mother with Child", drawn using graphite on paper. The softness of graphite lends itself beautifully to the rendering of skin, fabric and hair. The artist utilizes line weight and shading to define form. Drawing as a medium often signifies the beginning of an idea or concept. In the Romantic era, drawing was embraced as a method to capture the immediacy of human expression, and it was used to explore historical subjects with a new emotional depth. Here, the artist uses light and shadow to emphasize the intimacy between mother and child. He renders the mother's gaze downward, creating a sense of privacy. The simplicity of the medium adds to the drawing's expressiveness. It highlights the connection between the artist’s hand, the material, and the subject, allowing us to fully appreciate the emotional content of the work. In this way, the medium is central to our understanding of the artwork’s meaning.