This painting features a young and attractive “Manola” [woman of the people, particularly in Madrid] reminiscent of the famous actress nicknamed “the Tyrant” portrayed by Goya. Slightly recumbent on a finely-carved couch, she is wearing a striking blue gold-embroidered short jacket. The picture is highly charged with sensuality and eroticism, embodied through her languid gaze, her gesture of covering her generous neckline with the lace of the mantilla and the way she holds, with her little finger, a colourful feather fan employed by the painter in other works (Text drawn from Los Objetos Hablan, Museo Nacional del Prado, 2016).