Mary Cassatt’s Mother and Child in a Boat distills the serenity of maternal affection into a riverside reverie. Rendered in soft, impressionistic brushstrokes, the mother gently steadies her daughter, whose feet dangle just above the water’s surface. The girl’s blue dress and straw hat evoke the innocence of childhood, while the mother’s attentive gaze speaks to an unspoken tenderness. Cassatt frames the quiet moment with lush greenery and mirrored reflections, heightening the dreamlike calm of the scene. This work is a meditation on care, presence, and the quiet poetry found in shared stillness.