Shepherdess (Pastoral)

The lamb lies across her lap and pushes its muzzle up toward her face; one hand rests along its back to hold it there. Her other arm is raised to a white cap flecked in dark blue, a small flower pinned at the crown. The red dress, open at the bodice and laced in dark cord, falls in heavy folds to the ground. A pair of wooden clogs has been left on the stones beside her, and a cluster of modelled flowers — yellow, violet, white — gathers at the edge of the base.