Sir Robert Stapylton, dramatic poet and translator

William Marshall

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a man with an oval face, mustache, pointed beard, shoulder-length wavy hair, and dressed in formal 17th-century attire. He is in an ornate oval frame, holding a scroll and a quill nearby. The background features a draped textile. Above him is a coat of arms, and below is a detailed inscription, with decorative elements on the sides: a satyr-like figure playing an instrument on the left and a classical figure with a book and globe on the right.