" A period of prosperity followed after tumultuous times in French society
the usual forms and brushstrokes of the artist are not identified
with an immediacy that was unusual in 17th-century Dutch painting
where the beautiful queen of ancient Libya is grooming herself by the edge of a swamp
The French commune of Bougival was painted by many masters of Impressionism
murillo four figures step Dimensions (inches):52 x 67" " A period of prosperityThis is a genre scene, quite atypical for the time and for the painter. It features 4 characters of which the young woman standing in the center of the canvas is the most prominent in the composition, her half smile, cheek dimpled, and eye half closed, is believed, at the time and in this context, to signify that the girl was single and available. From there, it is clearly inferred that the older woman is the protector of the three children, and