JC Bentley - The Sisters

The subject can be defined as a genre scene, that is, the depiction of an episode of everyday life that, apparently, lacks any significant element. These types of domestic subjects were long considered minor and only began to spread in Western art starting in the 17th century. Only with the development of 19th-century realism did everyday subjects become considered as important as historical or religious ones.

The artist has created a pleasing composition that seems to reveal some Leonardo references in the two ladies' hairstyles, their clothing, and their faces. The composition itself also has some affinity with Renaissance culture, with its outdoor setting, immersed in nature.

Bentely was a 19th-century English artist who seemed to display an affinity with various strands of Romantic culture: on the one hand, a marked interest in the medieval and Renaissance eras, but reinterpreted in a fairy-tale, romantic manner; on the other, elegant genre scenes, rich in delightful details and endowed with a refined sentimentality.

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