Eleonora Mayer, Baroness zu Gravenegg with her daughter Isabella

Gérard employed chiaroscuro, a technique using strong contrasts between light and dark, to emphasize the subjects' faces and attire, achieved through soft lighting that highlights the lace, bows, and the woman's face against a dark, blurry background.

The painting is part of the Kunsthistorisches Museum's collection, created by François Gérard, who was court painter to Napoleon and later First Painter to French kings Louis XVIII and Charles X.