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Eye Candy for Today: Johannes Bosboom church interior

Southern aisle of the Great Church at The Hague, Johannes Bosboom
Southern aisle of the Great Church at The Hague, Johannes Bosboom

In the Rijksmuseum; downloadable image also on Wikimedia Commons.

The credits say “pencil, chalk and brush”, but it certainly looks like some watercolor to me.

This is one of those drawing/painting combinations that is simultaneously loose and precise. There is also a beautifully subtle sense of light and space captured in the handling of the ceiling, pillars and stone floor.