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The picture shows the middle part of a larger painting. This middle part from 1529 contains seventeen portraits, while the later added side pieces represent seven people each. All figures are depicted half-length or bust, with a black beret and mostly with gesticulating hands. The individuality of each figure is conveyed through the use of naturalistic detail and difference in pose. Their gestures and gazes are not aimed toward one another, but directed elsewhere, toward the viewer, standing beyond the frame of the image.
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