Le Vœu de Sainte-Anne d'Auray

Three Breton women in white coifs and dark dresses kneel at a church railing, two holding tall candles while a third sits in the shadows to the right. The figures form a gentle diagonal against a dim architectural background, with warm candlelight and a restrained palette of black, white, and muted earth tones, including a hint of red from the seated figure’s skirt. Bouguereau renders the scene in smooth, polished Academic realism, with meticulous attention to fabric, lace, and the luminous, idealized skin of the figures.