Tamer of unicorn

A young woman in an off-shoulder coral dress, sheer black stockings and a plumed black hat stands centrally, one hand gathering her skirt to reveal her legs. Two white unicorns flank her before crumbling stone towers pierced with dark window openings, all set against a deep blue night sky; a pink cloth and a whip lie on the ground at her feet.

Painted with fine, smooth detail in an almost tempera-like manner, the scene contrasts the woman's warm coral and flesh tones with the cool blue night and pale sandy architecture. Crisp linear drawing and a flattened, storybook perspective lend the picture a staged, fable-like strangeness.