A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?)

Edgar Degas

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The painting depicts a woman seated next to a table. The woman wears a tan jacket with a navy blue scarf around her neck and a white lace-like hat on her head. She rests her left elbow on the table, with her hand up to her mouth, and her right arm is at her side. The table is brown with a reddish pattern and holds a large vase of flowers and a clear glass pitcher. The vase contains a large bouquet of multicolored flowers including white, pink, blue, yellow, orange, and red blooms. The background is a wall with a floral pattern and a window on the right side.