Bertuchi’s style is characterised by his portrayal of the Moroccan atmosphere and types from his earliest contacts with the country, and, once he is permanently settled there, scenes of daily life become a recurring theme in his work.

His painting captures the vibrancy of an atmosphere flooded with light, paying particular attention to its effects on buildings and people, with a very warm palette and a thick impasto that covers the entire surface of the board.

This piece, which was probably made in the 1940s and may have been commissioned by a financial institution, has family savings as its subject. The large urn or piggy bank in which the boy is about to deposit his coin, and the savings books of the Caja Postal that both the woman and the child are carrying in their hands make us think of a campaign promoting this type of account.

The architecture in which the scene unfolds, of Arabic style but almost certainly colonial in nature, in a patio with orange and lemon trees, appears in other works by the artist, at times representing a madrassa—or Islamic school—for young students.