“The Salon” (Two Women, a Painting) — Alfred Stevens Postcard

Two women lean over a marine painting propped on an easel: one in terracotta silk, veiled and seen from behind; the other in dove-grey with a green scarf, leaning in for a closer look. A Japanese folding screen and other framed canvases crowd the walls behind them, a shelf of pink flowers softening the critical hush.

"The Salon" catches a ritual of Second Empire Paris — women assessing art together, forming taste as much as viewing it — set inside a studio already furnished in the japoniste style Stevens collected himself. It's a scene about looking as a social act. Printed on 350 g/m² cardstock, this card suits an art-lover's collection, a gift for a painter or gallery-goer, or a postcrossing note about a shared afternoon among friends and the wider Alfred Stevens postcard collection.