Gezicht van een jonge vrouw met bril 1892 - 1928

This is Johannes Löhr’s etching of a young woman with glasses. It’s all lines, really; a network of delicate scratches pulled from a plate. Etching can be like a dance with the metal, a kind of controlled accident. Look at the way he renders the shadows under her eyes. There is this soft vulnerability, a depth of emotion hinted at through these small marks, and it really gets to me. And the glasses! The way they perch on her nose, these tiny, imperfect circles, add a touch of the everyday to the portrait. There’s so much left unsaid. Löhr seems to be playing with the old masters, like Rembrandt, but with a modern twist. The image feels like a quiet conversation across time about seeing, being seen, and the magic of capturing a fleeting moment. It’s never just one thing, is it?