On the table to her right is an open music score and a bow. Leaning against the table is another lute. Behind them a man playing the violin bends in flirtation over a blond-haired woman who is reading and other figures engage in conversation. The furniture in the room includes a covered four-poster bed, a "kast" on top of which is an equestrian statuette and, on the walls, two portraits in octagonal frames flanking a large rectangular landscape. The paintings are too badly rubbed to be identifiable, but the equestrian statuette on the "kast" has been recognised by Peter Sutton (Philadelphia Museum of Art) as being based on Hendrick Goltzius's (1558–1617) engraving of Marcus Curtius (1586) from the 'Roman Heroes' series. The drinking vessels ceremoniously laid out on the sideboard may imply that the scene represents a wedding reception. The work employs many of the motifs and figural arrangements that are commonly found in Palamedes's work, such as the boy pouring wine and the musician seen from behind.