[1] The work, one of the leading examples of pointillism, depicts the artist's mistress Madeleine Knobloch.

[2] It is in the collection of the Courtauld Institute of Art and on display in the Gallery at Somerset House.

[2] Since the painting was publicly shown, the wall behind the young woman had displayed a bamboo picture frame showing a vase of flowers.

[2] In 2014 using advanced image technology, it was revealed that Seurat had painted himself at his easel, the object on the wall is now believed to be a mirror.

[2][3] Recounted by art critic Robert Rey, Seurat's reactionary behavior resulted from his close friend's awareness of a clever and amusing framework behind the self-portrait.