The Book of the Prophet Isaiah

A woman wearing a richly draped headscarf and dangling earrings looks toward the viewer in the left foreground, while a bald, stooped figure beside her bows his head, one hand raised near his chin; behind them a jagged skyline of flat-roofed buildings stretches under a dark sky scattered with stars.

Dense, directional hatching builds deep blacks in the sky and shadows, set against the paler, more finely modeled faces and headscarf, creating strong tonal contrast. The heavy shading and stark silhouettes of the rooftops give the scene a brooding, night-bound intensity.