A Drinking Child with Resting Peasants

Sébastien Bourdon

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a group of figures. At the center, a seated woman holds a child on her back. Beside her, another seated female figure is visible. In the foreground, a man with shaggy hair rests against a stone or log. In the left background, a person attends to a donkey drinking from a trough. The backdrop includes architectural elements and a foliaged landscape with a classical appearance, seen in strong lines and shadows typical of a print.