Peter Scriverius, Dutch Historian

Cornelis Visscher after Pieter Claesz Soutman

National Gallery of Art

The image is a portrait showing the head and upper body of an elderly man seated in a front-facing position. His facial features include a prominent nose, bushy eyebrows, and a long mustache that extends downward merging into a full beard. His hair is long and appears to be white, peeking out from under a broad-brimmed dark hat. He is dressed in a dark cloak with a large collar and buttons running down the front. The man holds a book in his hands, resting it on his lap. The background is a plain, intricately crosshatched texture, surrounded by an adorned frame with Latin text above and below the portrait.