There is no truth on earth

Six women of similar age are shown half-length in a row, each dressed differently, all raising one hand palm-out at chest or shoulder height and looking upward past the viewer. Above them, set apart in a pale sky, three of the same women reappear seated cross-legged on a bank of clouds, barefoot, in loose skirts, repeating the same raised-hand gesture.

Pale, even light and a nearly colorless grey-blue backdrop keep attention on the faces and hands, while the clothing below carries the only strong color, in dusty reds, blues, and florals. Modeling is smooth and precise, in a restrained academic manner, and the doubled, symmetrical arrangement gives the image a quiet, searching, almost devotional tension.