The Return of Tobias

William-Adolphe Bouguereau presents four figures in a tight, intimate composition set against a pale blue sky. An elderly bearded man leans toward a younger central figure as they touch foreheads, while a veiled woman in blue and a pale young woman with a staff look on, their arms forming a protective, circular embrace. The palette is restrained with whites, blues, and earth tones, and the figures are rendered with smooth, polished brushwork typical of Bouguereau’s academic realism.