This painting shows you an old looking building. People surround the building. They are standing on the left side of the building and the building itself is very central. It's a cone shaped building missing its top. It has six layers looking like stairs. The building seems to be incomplete, whether it's not finished or ruined, we can't tell.

The building takes up 2/3 of the painting. It reaches the clouds in the sky but only a small one is in front of the building. The people you see in the painting aren't important in the painting, they are more a detail.

The painting looks sad because of the dark colours of the building and its surrounding, only the sky is coloured brightly blue, with a few white clouds.

The style of the painting is in an old style, historic building with a lot of windows. Looking at the people you can conclude that it is in an Arabian country. From the middle of the painting till the horizon you can't see if the dotted area is full of people or whether it is a city or fields with soil, though you can see it's a hilly background.