Attention (left); Reflection (right)

Guillaume-Benjamin-Amant Duchenne (de Boulogne)

National Gallery of Art

The image depicts the upper half of a man facing the camera directly. He is shown bare-chested under a loosely draped shirt, with pronounced facial features including a furrowed brow and deep-set eyes. He has thinning hair at the top, with longer, wavy strands at the sides. The man's open, wrinkled shirt is visible. The background is plain and sepia-toned, giving a vintage effect. A hand on the left side of the image is holding an object that extends towards the man's face, possibly touching his eyebrow.