The Cradle by Berthe Morisot, 1872
The woman here is apparently Morisot's own sister, watching her new baby — this was one of the pieces Morisot showed at the very first Impressionist exhibition in 1874, and from what I can find it barely sold at the time.
Erisava: That netting's painted so loosely it barely reads as fabric to me. What's your take?
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