Versierd plafond in het huis op Noordeinde 140 te Den Haag c. 1900 - 1915

This is a photo of a decorated ceiling taken at Noordeinde 140 in The Hague. I love this faded photograph, the creamy sepia tones lend a gentle warmth, almost like a memory. The composition, looking up into the corner of a room, is so simple. The eye is drawn to the delicate, floral plasterwork around the ceiling rose. You can almost feel the texture of the plaster, the artist's hand shaping those tiny leaves and scrolls. That central space in the ceiling, it’s like a blank canvas. I wonder what it was like to be the artist who decorated that room, working overhead, creating something beautiful for people to look up to? It reminds me a little of Cy Twombly's ceiling painting at the Louvre, a more abstract take, but with the same sense of light and space. It’s like they both are looking up and out, beyond the physical. Art, in its way, is about embracing the unknown. It's a conversation, and this photograph is part of that ongoing dialogue.