Long description

A detailed crowd scene. In the centre foreground stands a regal figure, wearing a rich red robe, a golden scarf around his waist, an ermine cloak that flows to the floor, knee-high ivory-coloured boots, and a gold-coloured hat with a dark-green plume. He poses with his right arm on his waist; in his left hand, he holds a golden rod that points towards a mass of treasures — wine jars of all shapes and sizes, jewellery, gold bowls — spilling over carefully laid tables on to the floor, such is their number. Next to him stands a man, much more simply dressed in a dark green robe and walking boots, who appears to be animated conversation with him. To the left of the central figure stands a woman, as regally dressed as he is, with a golden red dress that billows out, and a royal blue bejewelled top that opens at the waist; she too wears an elaborate plumed hat. Milling around them are an array of finely drawn characters, around twenty in number. Behind them is a wall with a large landscape painting at its centre, and further off to the left (as the viewer sees it) is an outdoor scene with a temple-like building and trees.