A young woman with fair skin and auburn hair sits facing slightly to the left, her gaze directed upward and away from the viewer. Her hair is softly gathered up and adorned with a single violet flower and a green leaf on the right side of her head. She wears a delicate, pale pink dress with a low neckline, its sheer fabric rendered with feathery, almost translucent brushstrokes.

The woman’s features are gently modeled, with light reflecting off her forehead, cheeks, and the bridge of her nose, giving her face a luminous quality. In her right hand, she loosely holds a fan, its handle yellow and its feathers a blend of blue, green, and yellow, painted with swift, visible strokes. The background dissolves into a haze of pastel tones—soft blues, greens, and yellows—applied in loose, swirling marks that suggest an impression of space rather than a defined setting.

The artist’s brushwork is light and airy, with visible lines and patches of color that overlap and blend, creating a sense of movement and immediacy. The composition is closely cropped, focusing attention on the sitter’s upper body and face, while her left arm and the lower part of the fan fade into the surrounding colors. Touches of orange and pink at the bottom edge echo the tones of her dress and add warmth to the otherwise cool palette.

No secondary figures or objects are present in the composition; the sitter occupies the entire pictorial space alone. The background contains indistinct, sketchy strokes of blue, yellow, and green, which loosely echo the colors of the fan and dress. The upper left and right corners of the painting are filled with pale, almost white brushwork, giving the edges a soft, unfinished appearance.

Light falls most strongly on the sitter’s face and upper chest, leaving her left arm and the lower right side of the painting in relative shadow. Titled Mlle. Jeanne Samary, the painting presents a portrait by Pierre-Auguste Renoir.