Why it matters
Segantini returned again and again to the motif of women in trees; this is the last of Segantini's four works on this motif, his first Symbolist works.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1894.
- The series began with The Fruit of Life in 1889.
- It is in the Belvedere in Vienna.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Bad Mothers (CC BY-SA 4.0).