 The legs of the central figure are surrounded by small magenta horseshoe shapes, which infrared shows to have been first drafted as flowers.The area below the head is thickly coated with white and orange paint, while the inspection exposes a series of underlying curved brushstrokes used to compose a landscape, and a small distant reclining figure.When the canvas is unframed, a number of measuring marks are visible on the outer margin of board, indicating that the composition was carefully conceived.