At the centre, a young woman is seated in a flowing white satin silk dress with high collar trimmed with white fur. She stares out at the viewer, with an ambivalent expression that has attracted various interpretations. She is attended by two women of similar age: the woman to the left in a blue-grey satin gown with a patterned shawl bends to kiss her forehead, while the woman to the right in burnt orange velvet gown is crouching to hold her left hand. A girl stands to the right, looking in a mirror as she tries on a bridal headdress of orange blossom, echoing the central figure's bouquet.
The scene may be set in shortly before the wedding of the central young woman, waiting in a parlour or drawing room with her bridesmaids. Her expression may express hostility, or perhaps resignation to her arranged marriage. The figures congregate in the lower half of the canvas, with upper half devoted to the flamboyantly decorated room and its gilded furniture.
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