“Le Moineau” (The Sparrow) — Alfred Stevens Art Postcard

A young woman in a sage-green gown leans toward a small grey sparrow perched among white roses on her veranda railing, a folded blue letter resting forgotten in her lap. Alfred Stevens catches the instant before the bird takes flight — her canvas raised as if she means to sketch it, her attention entirely given over to the moment. It's a scene of quiet correspondence: the letter unread, the bird untamed, both suspended between arrival and departure.

"Le Moineau" (The Sparrow, c. 1885) belongs to Stevens's series of garden reveries, painted with the soft naturalism that made him one of Belgium's most sought-after portraitists of Parisian life. This Zolota Ptakha art postcard reproduces the painting on 350 g/m² cardstock at 10×15 cm — a fitting choice for anyone who still believes in the pleasure of a handwritten letter. Browse the full Alfred Stevens postcard collection for more garden and interior scenes.