Queen Mariana of Austria

What you see

Queen Mariana of Austria stands full-length. Her black skirt is so wide it spans nearly the whole canvas. One hand rests on a chair back at the left; the other lets a large white handkerchief fall over the skirt. On the right, a gilded clock stands on a table; on the left hangs a reddish curtain.

Black dominates, laced with silver braid that loops across the skirt and sleeves. Her very pale face is framed by a wide hairstyle with red ribbons and a pale plume. Don’t miss the red bows at her wrists, and how the handkerchief, painted with just a few strokes, looks completely real.