Les Femmes a Table en L'Absence de Leurs Maris [ Women in the abscence of their husbands]

Abraham Bosse

Summary

A seventeenth century domestic interior with four women, a child and an infant. To the left there is an open fireplace with a fire burning. To the upper right corner is a four poster bed with a canopy. Three of the women are sitting around the fireplace. The woman at the centre of this group has the infant on her lap and the child standing by her right shoulder. The fourth woman is smoothing down the bed. There is a small lap dog to the bottom right.