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The image is of five figures The central figure is a woman on her knees her eyes are shut and her hands are upheld in a prayer position her fingers are laced The praying woman is facing left towards a table the majority of which is out of frame The feet of the table are cloven There is an open book placed on the table To the right of the kneeling woman is a goateed dwarf wearing a turban embellished Eastern robes and carrying a small ornamental box The dwarf sticks his tongue out at the kneeling woman Behind these two figures is a woman with her right arm extended and her palm facing upwards as though asking for something She is wearing a gown and an ornamental head band and looking at the kneeling woman with a slight smile To the right of her is an androgynous figure The figure is wearing a long jacket with lapels The figure has long light coloured hair and is holding a thin tasselled walking stick The figure s head is turned toward the kneeling woman watching her and smiling At the right side of the image is a figure whose body is half out of frame The sex of the figure is unclear The figure is nude and is looking towards the kneeling woman The image is vertically displayed

The image is of five figures The central figure is a woman on her knees her eyes are shut and her hands are upheld in a prayer position her fingers are laced The praying woman is facing left towards a table the majority of which is out of frame The feet of the table are cloven There is an open book placed on the table