Pure and absolute rage, is the only thing I can see here. This painting is about cheating, while in love and the passion of the Italian artist is barefaced here. Most of Ottaviani’s work is taken from personal experience. He injects this personna through the facial expressions and gestures his subject have.
If you like this, you may be interested in these talented humans:
Is she after the man or the woman?
My research is inconclusive. But I reckon its the woman, they always cause the trouble, haha!