Gemäldezyklus "Mariage à la Mode", Szene 4: Morgendlicher Empfang der Comtesse

Marriage A-la-Mode: 4. The Toilette

The viscount has succeeded his father as earl. The couple's first child has been born (the infant's teething coral hangs over the countess' chair). While making her toilette, the countess entertains her friends and arranges an illicit meeting with the lawyer Silvertongue.