Edvard Munch The Brooch Maps this plate belongs to the

this plate belongs to the tradition of scientific illustration at its most visually compelling

carrying the warmth of Victorian decorative craft into a format that reads clearly at scale

and here that instinct is fully unleashed: shapes drift

The composition centres on a woman in profile — soft features

Edvard Munch The Brooch Maps this plate belongs to theThe Brooch is one of Munch's most intimate lithographic portraits, depicting his companion Eva Mudocci with a tenderness rarely seen in his work. Her gaze meets the viewer directly, framed by dark, flowing hair and a single brooch at the neckline. The composition is spare and frontal, the line work fluid and unhurried. Where many of Munch's portraits carry an undercurrent of tension, this one holds something quieter a sense of stillness that makes it