This vertical oil painting is a large double portrait set in a dim, mostly unadorned room. Positioned in the center toward the back of the composition is a man in black and to our right sits a woman, also in black. The man stands with his left arm down and his right arm poised, perhaps at his hip, which is cloaked under a knee-length cape. The cape is raised slightly outward to our left, due to the positioning of the arm. He stands in a slightly relaxed pose, with his left foot positioned slightly forward. He is dressed in all black, including a black, wide-brimmed hat, except for a white collar and a small white portion at the top of his glove. In his left hand he holds an all-black glove. A subdued light comes in from our left, highlighting his light-skinned face, handlebar moustache and goatee, and the stark white of his collar. He stands frontal with his gaze aimed toward the viewer. At the front of the painting to our right is a light-skinned woman seated in an armchair with an upholstered seat and wooden arm, all cast in shadow. The woman wears a black gown with detailed white lace cuffs and a stark, white collar. The front of her dress features a vegetal pattern with a gold chain wrapped around the ribcage. She holds a single glove in beige with red trim in her left hand, leaving her right hand exposed. Her hair is pulled back into a side bun and is adorned with a strand of pearls. Her head is slightly tilted to our right, as she gazes out to our left. Light coming in from our left falls on her forehead, illuminating her face and the whiteness of her collar. Positioned at the front of the composition at the bottom left of the canvas is a wooden chair with red upholstery, which faces away from us and is rotated partially to face the man in the center. It sits on the wooden floor, which features horizontal planking. The wall in the background is painted white, and midway down changes to blue paint. A map is partially featured on the back wall of the composition, hanging to our left next to the male figure. Behind the man’s feet are two wooden steps leading onto a platform to our right that is then consumed by the darkness that permeates the right-half of the canvas.