 He used a predominantly neutral palette to which he added carefully placed touches of cardinal red to bold effect, from the case of the hourglass perched on the priest's pulpit to the brilliant cape and stockings of the gentleman in the central foreground who serves as the painting's visual anchor.At the right a man holding a plumed hat and in lavender attire is leaning against the base of a column at right.He is gazing directly at the viewer with bemused confidence.