it seems this work was the inspiration for the creation of the "portrait of the mother" by umberto boccioni (oil on canvas 70 x 55.5) of 1916, part of the collection of the ricci oddi gallery of modern art. here too the mother is represented in a frontal position and a total flattening of the volumes made with strong contrasts of chiaroscuro that the lateral light projects on the faces. the brush strokes are made with short and quick strokes typical of filipinos in the youth period.