Bask in the glow

Visited the National Gallery of Art’s Impressionist exhibit. I quite enjoyed the faces of these two paintings.

What’s the monk up to? He’s scheming. 😏

A seated man with a white beard rests hands on a knee, wearing glasses and a dark hat, set against a forest background inside an ornate gold frame.

A bearded monk chisels a wooden figure in a workshop, surrounded by religious statues, tools, and crucifixes. Latin text partially reads: “a dextris… nec pomæ… pedum…” Artist signed: “J. E. Dantan, 1874.