Content:
On the far side of a sunlit room with double windows a young woman stands to play on a virginal. A man in elegant dress watches her and listens intently. Both figures are quiet and statuesque.
Composition:
The composition is characterised by the rigorous use of perspective to draw the eye towards the back of the room where the figures are situated- the young woman rather surprisingly seen from the back. The viewer is at first more aware of the jutting corner of the table, the chair and the bass viol than of the gigures themselves, whose privacy is thereby protected.
Light:
Light floods the wall near the windows, but gently looses its force as it falls away from them. Shadows of objects, such as mirror, are modulated because the light comes from different sources. colours are also subtly adjusted according to the nature of the light that falls upon them.
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