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I like this elegant painting a lot, Ilaria. And I happen to like big, working hands on women (look at how Nelson Shanks paints many women's hands!) but I'm told this is a minority view.
It's the composition of this that troubles me. I think there's too much space between the dark value of her hair and the dark lines of the chair. Have you thought about placing some design in the background, possibly wainscotting, stripes or a patterned wallpaper, ending around the shoulders? This would leave the pale mottled background around her hair.
I'd try some thumbnail sketches, of course, before you try it out on the canvas.
I look forward to seeing the finished painting.
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