Maternal Tenderness

Seated on a curved-back chair and turned at the waist, the mother bends over the baby stretched across her lap. He lifts both arms and looks up at her. The blue off-shoulder gown is trimmed with white lace at the neckline and a band of painted flowers on the skirt, a pink sash falling over her elbow. Her red hair is dressed high and caught with a grey ribbon. A gilded leafy branch runs along the front edge of the base.