Hugues Merle was a French artist who specialized in domestic scenes that were refined by his training in Academia and, as a note, taught painting to the wife of William Adolphe Bouguereau. The mother and daughter are rendered realistically, with a playfulness in the child and the parent’s gentle smile devoid of pathos. This lovely Mixed-Media Painting is sure to delight the viewer and would be a great addition to interior design projects in Houston, Texas.