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Pencil drawing of a woman in a headscarf holding a baby in a simple room with a lattice window and bed.

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A seated woman in a headscarf cradles a sleeping infant in her lap within a simple interior with a lattice window and a bed at right. The drawing is rendered in soft graphite or chalk with warm toned paper, and it is attributed to Jean-François Millet under the title Maternité.

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