An elegantly dressed young lady is placing a sprig of box behind the frame of her mother's portrait hanging on the bedroom wall. Another bough, lying on her cloak, is intended for the adjacent miniature, presumably a portrait of her father. This picture is a variant of the more elaborate "les amours éternelles," formerly in the collection of robert hoe, sr. , of new york. In the hoe painting, a dark rather than fair-haired model, still wearing her cloak, throws a kiss in the direction of her mother's portrait while placing the greenery above it. The hoe picture also differs in the addition of a persian cat arching its back in the foreground. Object Type: painting. Date: circa 1862. Place of creation: France. Dimensions: height: 34.2 cm (13.4 in); width: 26 cm (10.2 in). Medium: oil on panel. Collection: Walters Art Museum. Alfred Stevens - Palm Sunday - Walters 37141
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