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  • Knitting Girl With Headscarf (1885)

    Knitting Girl With Headscarf (1885)

    Eugen von Blaas (Italian, 1843–1931)

    A young woman in a headscarf knits with quiet focus, her hands and the textures of wool and fabric rendered in vivid detail.

  • Yellow shawl

    Yellow shawl

    Konstantin Egorovich Makovsky (Russian, 1839–1915)

    A luminous yellow shawl envelops the subject in warmth, its intricate folds and soft shadows hinting at untold stories beneath the quiet surface.

  • Slight Progress

    Slight Progress

    François-Louis Lanfant De Metz (French, 1814–1892)

    A painting where light and shadow dance across fragmented forms, hinting at quiet transformation beneath the surface.

  • Threading the needle

    Threading the needle

    William Kidd (Scottish, 1645–1701)

    A mesmerizing study of hands in motion, where light and shadow transform ordinary thread into something charged with quiet intensity.