Ilaria,
try to do something radical about the worst thing in the painting, so maybe it will loosen up.
As I see it you have some nice vertical patterns in the wallpaper, but I think that the chair is too heavy and is sort of overpowering the delicate and light nuances with it's also vertical lines.
I would try to get some diagonal lines into the back of him, a pillow or something, to fill some of the high back space.
Allan
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