The Artist's Sister at a Window

What you see

A young woman in a white dress fills most of the lower half, seated sideways in a pale armchair. She bows her head toward her hands, which hold an open fan. On the left, a glass door opens onto a balcony with an iron railing, and across the street stands a building with green awnings and people leaning out of the windows.

The dress is a great cascade of whites, grays and pale pinks, painted with long, loose strokes. The blue-gray wall carries a pattern of gold diamonds, and the floor is reddish. Don’t miss the red tip of a shoe peeking out from under the skirt and for the pink flowers on the balcony.