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Charcoal sketch of a violinist in period dress reading sheet music on a stand lit by candles, on tan paper.

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Violinspieler vor dem Notenpult, Studie zum Flötenkonzert (1852), Adolph Menzel (1920). Via artnap.com

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A charcoal and white chalk study on tan paper shows a man in eighteenth-century dress playing a violin while reading from a music stand. Lit candles on the stand and a candle held nearby cast soft highlights across the page.