Prostitute before a Mirror

Georges Rouault's watercolor painting "Prostitute before a Mirror" seems dark and depressing.  The eyes of the woman are sunken and black which makes me feel as if her soul is dead.  Her reflection in the mirror is distorted and seems to be different than her actual image.  All of this causes me to have a since of sadness and despair as if the colors and style of the painting are reflecting the sadness and despair of a woman caught in a life she doesn't want.    Rouault could have been effected by the novel by Stephen Crane called Maggie: A girl of the streets written about 10 years prior to his painting, or by Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreisser written in 1900. Both stories are about the path a woman could take when she is left with little opportunities, no support system and no money.  The reality  is that many women during this time in history ended up exactly where the "Prostitute before a Mirror" seems to have found herself.