Man with a child

A bearded man wearing a black three-cornered hat pinned with a brooch and blue denim overalls holds an infant wrapped in a white lace bonnet and gown with red-striped leggings, standing close to the picture plane before a densely patterned wall of pink, white, and red roses. A small pinned photograph of a mother and child appears at upper left, with a red bird, a blue butterfly, and an apple tucked into the foliage.

The rose pattern is painted in flattened, decorative repetition, contrasting with the more modeled, naturalistic faces of the man and child. Warm reds and greens fill the background while soft flesh tones anchor the figures, producing a tender, intimate mood touched with folk-art ornament.