The Knitting Girl

The Knitting Girl shows a young woman seated outdoors beside a tree, knitting with thread in her hands and a calm, direct gaze toward the viewer. She wears a white puff-sleeve blouse under a dark bodice with a teal skirt and a red headscarf; the figure is rendered with smooth, carefully modeled light that defines her skin and the fabrics. The background depicts a softly lit pastoral landscape with a distant body of water, placing the figure prominently in the foreground and reflecting Bouguereau’s classical academic realism.