Remembering summer

Seen from behind, a red-haired woman in a pale slip stands close to a large multi-paned window, looking out over snow-covered rooftops toward a blue-domed cathedral in the distance. Snowflakes drift past the glass. On a round table in the foreground, a small blue bird sits inside an open cage beside two green apples, with a teal curtain gathered at the window's edge.

The palette is dominated by cool blues and violets, broken by pockets of warm amber light glowing from windows across the rooftops. Soft, blended brushwork and diffused lighting give the interior a hushed, wintry stillness, while the title's suggestion of summer memory lends the quiet scene a wistful, nostalgic undertone.