A Calling

An outdoor portrait of a young girl seated on a stone ledge, barefoot, wearing a white blouse and pink skirt, and writing in a notebook with a red pencil. The figure is rendered with smooth, highly finished brushwork and soft, luminous skin tones, characteristic of Bouguereau's Academic realism. The composition places the girl toward the center-right against a shadowed woodland background, illuminated by a gentle light that highlights her face and upper body with a restrained, earth-toned palette.