Madonna

A young woman in a white, veil-like headscarf and gold-trimmed robe stands with her forearms crossed at a wooden table. Behind her a red, gold-patterned cloth holds hanging apples, an orange, a pear, a small dove figurine, and two bells. On the table lie pink and white seashells, a string of pale beads, and an embroidered cloth, with a pear at each corner.

Warm reds, golds, and cream dominate against a pale, cloud-streaked sky. Light falls evenly, rendered with smooth, careful modeling and fine texture in the shells, fruit, and embroidery. The symmetrical symbolic objects around the still figure give the portrait a hushed, devotional quality.