Girl with parchment

Shown in strict profile, a young woman with hair gathered into a knotted headband and falling in a loose ponytail leans forward over a flat parchment or tablet held in her extended hand. She wears a simple draped, sleeveless garment gathered at the shoulder, and a small hoop earring is visible. Her gaze is directed down and to the right, toward the object she holds, in a pose of quiet reading or writing.

Rendered entirely in charcoal on white paper, the drawing relies on soft graduated shading to model the face, shoulder, and drapery, left mostly as clean outline with sparse hatching. The densest, darkest passages are reserved for the hair and the folds of cloth at the chest, while the background is left bare. The restrained, academic handling and careful anatomical structure give the study a calm, absorbed concentration.