Man en vrouw aan een gedekte tafel 1890 - 1946

Cornelis Vreedenburgh made this drawing of a man and woman at a table with pencil on paper. Look at how the delicate lines barely scratch the surface, as though Vreedenburgh was coaxing the image into being, line by tentative line. I can feel him hovering over the paper, trying to capture that sense of intimacy, the shared space, and the unspoken connection between the two figures. The table setting is only suggested, a few scribbled lines, but you can imagine the clinking of glasses, the murmur of conversation. Maybe Vreedenburgh wasn’t interested in the ‘what’ of the scene, but more the ‘how’ it feels to be in such a moment. It's like he’s inviting us to complete the picture, to fill in the gaps with our own experiences of shared meals and intimate gatherings. And it reminds me how every artist’s mark, even the most fleeting, is like a whisper across time, inviting us to listen and respond.