The painting depicts a room illuminated under a golden light and different ocher shades, in
the foreground a girl who gives us her back, seems to be in a dance position. In front of her,
a stout governess supervises her. In the background a cat rests placidly on a wooden piece
of furniture, it is not asleep and looks closely at what is happening in the room. Above the
animal there is a window with a green light coming from the outside, on the other side and
at the bottom stands a candelabrum with a series of long candles. To the opposite extreme
a woman seems to be sowing but at the same time observes the movements of the girl. In
the background and behind this woman, hangs