Composition
The portrait has the sense of depth; when it is seen from a perspective. It does not seem to be a “window of infinity”, we can notice that from the shadow of the damsel captured by the artist. One can say it has a “shallow” picture space but it is not totally flat, it has the sense of realism. The focal point of the picture, which the most important part of the painting, is the hand which has the bright reddish glow, given out by the candle covered by the hand. This happens to be the central focus line in the painting. There are no geometric shapes, no patterns are seen in the painting but there is a sense of balance, the objects are arranged symmetrically. The shape of the picture is vertically elongated.
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