Idyll: Family from Antiquity/Arcadia

An idealized man sits shirtless in a yellow drapery on the grass, his arm extended toward a small child who stands between him and a woman with her back to the viewer. A light-colored animal stands nearby, and the scene is set beneath a leafy canopy with a sunlit, blue-green landscape in the background. Bouguereau's polished Academic style is evident in the smooth, luminous modeling of the figures, the idealized anatomy, and the refined brushwork with warm flesh tones and soft pastel clothing.