William Perkins, Puritan Divine

Willem de Passe and Magdalena de Passe

National Gallery of Art

The image shows an upper-body portrait of a man sitting upright. His facial features include a prominent forehead, arched eyebrows, deep-set eyes, and a full mustache and beard with a hint of gray. The man's hair is closely cropped. He is dressed in period attire, consisting of a layered robe with a high, ruffled collar and buttons down the front. In his hands, he holds an open book with an ornate cover featuring a floral pattern. The background is a textured surface that suggests depth and contrast, with a caption in Latin beneath the portrait.