Frederik de Vries

Hendrick Goltzius

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a young boy seated with his right leg extended sideways on a large, curly-haired dog standing in the foreground. The boy has a rounded face with a small, pointed nose and subtle, upward-curving lips. He has neatly cropped hair under a broad-brimmed hat and is dressed in a richly textured outfit with a ruffled collar and sleeves, a patterned belt, and a piece of jewelry around his neck. He holds a bird in his right hand with outstretched wings. Behind him is a tree with lush foliage, and the background shows a mountainous landscape with a turret-like structure in the distance. Latin text is elegantly inscribed at the bottom of the image.