Description
A dark-haired woman in a blue-striped dress rests her head on her hand, watching over a small blonde girl who leans across the table, pencil in hand, carefully writing on a sheet of paper. The girl wears a coral-orange dress and a white ribbon in her hair, her eyes cast down in concentration as the woman looks on with a soft, contented smile.
Behind them, a vase of pink, yellow, and blue flowers stands against a warm red wall, adding a burst of color to the intimate scene. Renoir renders the two faces with tender, careful modeling while the striped blouse and background are handled more loosely, keeping the focus on the quiet closeness between the two figures.
This painting is available as a hand-painted oil reproduction or an archival canvas print, made to order in sizes true to the original proportions, held at the Barnes Foundation.



