A young girl with blond, waist-length hair sits in profile, her hands folded neatly in her lap. Her hair is gathered into a ponytail and tied with a ribbon, the strands rendered in thick, energetic strokes of yellow and green. She wears a high-necked blue dress with a row of pale buttons down the front, the fabric described in bold, swirling lines of blue and violet.

The chair beneath her is painted in a contrasting ochre, its angular back just visible behind her left shoulder. Her face, turned to the right, is softly illuminated, with warm touches of pink and orange on her cheek and brow. The background is a dense field of blue and black strokes, applied in horizontal and diagonal patterns that echo the movement of the girl's dress and hair.

The composition is tightly framed, focusing attention on the sitter's profile and the expressive treatment of light and color. The brushwork is vigorous and textured, with visible ridges of paint that create a sense of movement and immediacy. The lower left corner of the painting features the artist’s signature in red-orange paint, standing out against the blue of the dress.

The background is entirely abstract, with no discernible objects or figures, consisting of layered blue and black brushstrokes that vary in direction and density. The girl’s hands are painted in a pale yellow, with visible brush marks outlining the fingers and knuckles, and they rest one atop the other on her lap. Light falls most strongly on the right side of her face and hands, casting the left side of her body into deeper blue and purple shadows.

The edge of the chair is sharply angled and painted in ochre and orange, contrasting with the cool tones of the girl's dress and the background. The upper left corner of the painting is dominated by darker blue and black strokes, creating a sense of depth behind the sitter’s head. The paint is applied in thick, directional strokes throughout, especially in the hair and dress, where the lines curve and overlap to suggest volume and movement. Portrait of Adeline Ravoux is painted by Vincent van Gogh in 1890, during his time in Auvers-sur-Oise. The Yorck Project includes this painting in its collection of 10,000 masterworks of painting, distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.