Vergebung / The Pardon

She wears a crown that is falling apart. Her eyes are closed — not from weakness, but because she stopped looking outward long ago. The blood on her hands is not hers. She knows that. And still.

Vergebung / The Pardon is the first work of the Deranged Queens series — figures at the threshold between dignity and ruin. No judgment. No redemption. Only the moment itself, held in oil.

The painting draws on the methods of the Old Masters — dark ground, layered glazes, light that holds its ground against the black — while refusing historical distance. This woman is not the past.

Format: 30 × 40 cm (11.8 × 15.7 in) Medium: Oil on canvas Year: 2026 Status: Unique work, signed, unframed. Delivery: Certificate of authenticity included, securely packaged