The Thread of Life by Giovanni Battista Torriglia

Family in a rustic room spinning and winding blue yarn while an infant lies on a blanket and a man feeds pigeons.

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The painting shows a rustic domestic interior where an elderly woman spins wool with a spindle while a young girl works nearby and a young woman winds blue yarn from a skein held by a boy. A man in a hat feeds white pigeons in the foreground, and an infant lies on a striped blanket below. The Thread of Life by Giovanni Battista Torriglia, undated.

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