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This is a drawing of two owls resting in an abstract natural landscape. The drawing shows two owls nestled together surrounded by natural forms resembling ice or stalagmites against a stylized sky. Above them, a group of birds fly in formation across the night sky, accompanied by faint cloud formations and a distant single star. The use of monochrome and intricate line work gives the piece a mystical and ethereal quality.

Kerstnacht (Christmas Eve)

Theodoor van Hoijtema (Dutch, 1863 - 1917)

1894 · lithograph printed in black on buff wove paper

National Gallery of Art · Gift of Nancy Jane and Alan Shestack

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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