Mirror-symmetrical studio bust portrait of a striking woman with freckled olive skin and two heavy plaited ropes of hair, shoulders square to the lens, on royal blue ground that darkens into the top corners. Two hanging ribbons of the same cloth as the collar, weighted straight, framing the face like two columns. A woven check over broderie over an emerald knit, three layers readable at the neck at once. Scarlet acetate with the eyes and the freckles readable through it and darkened by it. One large frontal soft source, even light, small hard speculars on metal and on a glossed lip. A clear balm over the natural colour, densely freckled. Wet and glossy in a warm neutral brown. Cropped at the chest. Composed, closed and unamused, holding perfectly still.