Inferring With Art: Two Women

Objective

Students will make inferences about this piece of art, back it up with evidence, and then adjust their inference based on new information.

Here's a link to a large version of this piece of art. It's essential that you do not give away the title of the work!

Steps

1. Students will notice details about the painting.
2. They'll back up my inference that one woman is a servant to the other.
3. They make an inference about what that thing is in the seated woman's hand.
4. Finally, after learning the piece's title, students will make a final inference about what could be going on here.