The Breton girl is standing in the greenhouse. In front of her there are plants on a wooden tabletop that are not yet gorgeous enough for the salon and that they have to grow first. A Christmas cactus, tied up, awaits its flower season in front of the window. In its shadow, an aloe fills its pot with magnificent growth. In an earthen amphora with filigree relief is an English wine, whose delicate and yet resistant long tendrils certainly once saw better times, he has to recover. Very close to the musing girl is a tradescantia; she seems to stroke her hand. This vine can actually do more. Her long, low-leaf shoots indicate that she lacks nutrients. The girl has probably got the job, so the viewer thinks to take care of the plants. But it is clear that she is busy with something else. She has the empty pot in her hand and uses the hidden stand to watch others.

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Breton Girl Looking After Plants in the Hothouse by Anna Petersen. Available as an art print on canvas, photo paper, watercolor board, natural paper, or Japanese paper.
woman · plantation · clothes · plants · sadness · door · glass · vase · dirt · floor