The painting shows a sort of reversal of the "curse" (being Afro-descendant) ... It is noticeable the realism present in the work, which brings gradations of colors between the three generations of the characters. The baby is the whitest, followed by the father, sitting next to the mother, who holds the child in her lap. In the left corner, the one with the darkest skin is the grandmother, her hands raised to the sky in prayerful thanksgiving.[8] By being born white, her grandchild was freed from the "curse" of being black, since her daughter, a mulata, had married the white man.[8]
