Little Girl with Basket of Apples

The painting shows a young girl seated in a three-quarter view, her hands folded in her lap with a wicker basket of apples beside her, set against a dark, softly modeled green background. She wears a white blouse and pale blue skirt, and the skin tones, fabric textures, and hair are rendered with smooth, luminous brushwork characteristic of Bouguereau’s polished academic realism. Dated 1897, the work displays a restrained, harmonious color palette and refined rendering of light, giving a calm, intimate portrait in a neoclassical realist style.