Francois Boucher was a French painter that worked with the Rococo style of art. Most of his painting have similar structures with a small opening for the sky on the left hand side with the subject normally in the middle. Boucher also chooses to incorporate animals and a blue tarp, which is seen on the left under the woman's straw hat. The painting depicts a dove bringing a woman a message in the woods most likely from a lover of hers. With the title, the action in the painting becomes more clear. It adds an actual substance or meaning to the paper the woman is holding. The way the woman is staring at the dove, it forces the feeling of love upon the viewer.

In the painting, Boucher seems to have intentionally made the background get darker the further you look from the subject. The woman's body is well lit and you are able to see every single one of her features, which is the point. But, as you looks around the edges of the canvas, it gets harder and harder to make out what is around her. The blue tarp is so poorly shown it almost looks like it is just a part of the woods. The balance between the light and dark sides of the canvas make for an easy to look at picture. The balance allows your eyes to easily glide across the different colors and shades from the foreground, all the way to the subject.