His original draft depicts a student examining painter the technique of Frans Hals in a portrait of a Dutch housewife. In that study, a Dutch landscape on an adjacent wall places the student in a gallery of Dutch artwork. But a recurring Rockwell theme - of fantasy and reality exchanging places - seems to have taken over and the painting changed course. With typical humor, Rockwell replaces the homely woman with one more alluring, based on a portrait by Peter Paul Rubens of his wife. The Dutch landscape became a group of Dutch cavaliers, brought to life by animated facial expressions. They are wary and concerned. Is the student getting too close to the painting? Is he being too personal with their gallery colleague? The scene's movement from reality to fantasy refutes the view that Rockwell's work is only photographic.