“La Fillette au Canard” — Alfred Stevens Art Postcard

A small girl in a white pinafore and red-plumed hat hides wildflowers behind her back, startled by a black duck quacking at her feet, while an elegantly dressed woman looks on from a park bench under dappled trees.

Child subjects are rare in Alfred Stevens's work — he was famed above all for portraits of fashionable adult women — which makes this sunlit scene something of a departure. A charming choice for a childhood or animal-themed corner of a collection.