It depicts fellow German painter Lovis Corinth in a half-length portrait.

[1] The painting represents fellow painter Lovis Corinth, depicted in the seated position.

He is wearing a gray jacket with a white collar shirt underneath and a dark tie.

In comparison to Corinth's self-portrayals, Liebermann does not portray him as a "rustic strongman", but rather as someone "who avoids a direct confrontation with the other person."

Sigrid Achenbach and Matthias Eberle further describe: "The mighty body serves him here more as a protective shield behind which he hides than as an instrument of his vitality.