The painter´s wife is shown with a luxurious dress and a complicated haird that includes a small bouquet of flowers similar to the floral paintings this artist made some years before (P1042 and P1043). She sits on a chair, in three-quarters and holding a music box, and her appearance evokes a melancholy atmosphere. This sensation of distance is reinforced by the fact that we see her through a window frame adorned with rose tendrils —symbolizing love— and a Greek inscription. All of this frames the figure in a sort of trompe l´oeuil. Paret masterfully unfolds a variety of different manners of painting to distinguish between the softness of his wife´s hair —with extremely fine brushstrokes— and the rigidity of her white satin dress, capturing its highlights with expressive touches.