Description

Painting depicting the Virgin Mary as a young girl spinning wool. The canvas is held within a thin wooden frame. The background of the image is dark red. Around the central figure there is a border of lush flowers and green leaves. In both lower corners, the flowers are dark blue cone-shaped plants with orange stamen sticking out of them. Along the edges, the flowers resemble peonies and are blue, red, orange, pink and white. In both upper corners, there are cone-shaped red flowers with orange stamen. To the left of the central figure, the chair that she sits on is visible. The chair is straight-backed with an upholstered back rest and seat. The upholstery is dark red with yellow leaf motifs. The Virgin Mary has curly hair that ranges from dark to light brown. She has a red headband around her head with a yellow brooch attached to the left side. There is a yellow halo extending out of the back of her head. She has pale pink skin, brown eyes and rosy pink cheeks. She wears a green cape with a yellow clasp at the neck and gold embroidery, a dress with a red bodice and light brown sleeves and skirt. The dress also has gold embroidery. There are red sashes tied around both of her wrists. The girl holds a dark brown stick with yellow detailing proper underneath her right armpit. The stick has grey wool attached to the end of it. The girl threads the wool between both her hands to a yellow spool that she holds between her knees. A wire for hanging is attached to the back of the frame with metal eye hooks on the left and right sides. There is also a number written in pencil on the left side of the frame.