Francesco de Zurbarán
The Young Virgin
1632-33
Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The details in this painting appear to be influenced by chapter 6 of the Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew or a source based on it:
She was so constant in prayer, and her appearance was so beautiful and glorious, that scarcely any one could look into her face. And she occupied herself constantly with her wool-work, so that she in her tender years could do all that old women were not able to do. And this was the order that she had set for herself:1629 From the morning to the third hour she remained in prayer; from the third to the ninth she was occupied with her weaving; and from the ninth she again applied herself to prayer.
Mary is pictured "constant in prayer" with items related to "wool-work" around her: the roll of cloth on her lap, the basket, the scissors on the table. At the same time, the vase of flowers and the book foreshadow the Annunciation.
The cup must also be symbolic, but I am not sure what it might mean.
Read more about the young Virgin Mary
Photographed at the museum by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.