Measuring an impressive 130×57" cm" , this elegant Art Nouveau narrative canvas embodies the quintessential aesthetic of Paris at the turn of the 20th century (Belle Époque). The vertical "narrow-panel" format—a trademark of French Art Nouveau interior decoration—presents a semi-nude nymph or allegorical figure representing Spring. The maiden cups her hand to her ear, listening intently to a songbird perched on a trailing ivy branch above, symbolizing the return of warm weather and nature's awakening. Her flowing auburn hair is adorned with white water lilies, while wild purple irises (iris de marais) and reeds rise from the water at her feet. Rendered in a soft, luminous palette of pastel pinks, ochres, and gentle greens, set against a distant mountainous horizon under a golden sky. The work combines academic anatomical draughtsmanship with the sinuous lines and romantic idealization typical of the French Symbolist and Art Nouveau movements. The canvas is stretched on its original period wooden stretcher and framed in a refined period gilt frame. Oil on canvas , 130 x 57 cm