Landscape and flower painter Marie Molitor was born in Arlon and spent her youth in Liège. It was there that she trained with the engraver François Maréchal and was a member of the V group, with which she exhibited from 1890. She later settled in Brussels. In 1914, when she painted this picture, exhibition catalogs tell us that she was living in Namur, on Avenue de Salzinnes (now Avenue Reine Elisabeth).
It is therefore her garden that she is painting, looking towards the Sambre. The dome of Saint-Aubain Cathedral and the tower of the former collegiate church can be seen emerging from the plants. Painted in a Luminist aesthetic, this painting evokes the art of Juliette Wytsman (1866-1925), of whom Molitor was a disciple. Marie Molitor participated in numerous salons and exhibitions with her paintings, but also, among others, at the Libre Esthétique in 1903 and 1914, with jewelry and bindings of Art Nouveau aesthetic.