Philip Galle

Hendrik Goltzius

National Gallery of Art

The image displays an upper-body portrait of a man standing with his torso turned slightly to the left while looking directly at the viewer. His face is adorned with a beard and mustache, and his hair is styled in a wavy manner, cut short. He wears a richly detailed garment featuring puffed, embroidered sleeves and an elaborate ruffled collar. His right hand is bent at the elbow and holds a rolled-up piece of paper, while his left arm is bent with his hand resting on a fabric-covered table, where another scroll and a small globe are placed. In the background is a detailed landscape, including a building, trees, a distant bridge, and mountains, all intricately rendered. The foreground of the image includes scroll-like Latin calligraphy along the bottom.