This Asian gouache painting records an important moment in the artist’s life. With his third wife, Zhuang Jin-Zhi, and his second daughter, Chen Yu-Xiu, serving as subjects, the composition highlights the fond mutual gaze shared by mother and child. In comparison with Maternal Love (I) (1932), which featured Chen’s first wife, Guo Cui-Feng, and his eldest daughter, Chen Xiao-Jiong, Maternal Love (II) takes a more cautious approach, with a touch of tension in the brushstrokes and the protagonists’ facial expressions and postures. Although the artist had a stable family life and a successful career at the time he created this loving family portrait, it still conveys a faintly discernible sense of uneasiness, revealing the artist’s mixed feelings in this period.