Game. Red peonies

In a sunlit garden, a woman in a pink-striped top lunges with a racket beside a boxed cat, while another sits balanced atop a tall white net post in a polka-dot dress, trailing red flowers through the strings. A third woman in a red skirt and white blouse strolls past with a racket as a slender spotted cat walks beside her and another watches from the ground; dry golden grass, dark shrubs and classical columns frame the scene.

Bright red blooms punctuate a palette of ochre, white and pale sky-blue, painted with smooth, precisely modeled figures and clean outlines. The playful energy of the game contrasts with the quiet, formal setting, giving the picture a light, buoyant mood.