The work presents a young man in melancholic attitude, supporting his right arm on a red cushion, while the head with a closed fist, which is shown staring, lost in thought as he says. In the background, a fabric of some oriental inspiration, closes the prospect. The author, José Dabrio, was a student of Jose Fernandez Alvarado and disciple and admirer of Daniel Vázquez Díaz, he signed in 1921, in the context of their training in the Painting Academy of Huelva.