Far from Home

Two young girls stand on a stone terrace; the older holds a violin and bow while the younger, barefoot, stands close beside her in a brown dress over a white blouse. The architectural backdrop features a grand staircase, balustrades, and a neoclassical facade that recedes into the distance, creating depth around the figures. The scene is rendered with Bouguereau’s smooth, polished brushwork, a restrained palette of whites, browns, and greens, and idealized, lifelike flesh tones typical of his academic realist style.