Ein kniender Edelmann hält das Knie eines vor ihm sitzenden Fürsten umschlungen, hinter diesem stehend eine junge Frau mit trauriger Miene, die Szene verfolgend 

Victor Müller created this drawing with graphite on paper, presenting a scene imbued with dramatic tension. The composition is arranged around a central vertical axis, where a nobleman kneels before a seated prince, while a woman looks on with a sorrowful expression. Müller's use of line is particularly striking; the sketch-like quality lends the scene an immediacy, and the light and shadow are delineated through hatching and cross-hatching rather than stark tonal contrasts. The architecture in the background provides a framework that complements the figural drama in the foreground, where a semiotic exchange is at play: the kneeling nobleman’s gesture of subservience, the prince’s regal bearing, and the woman’s melancholic watchfulness. The artist's choices invite us to consider how the themes of power, gender, and emotion intersect in this scene. The unfinished quality of the drawing itself suggests a fluid and open-ended exploration, inviting ongoing interpretations of its narrative and symbolic content.