An Unknown Man holding a Drawing over a Plinth with the Relief of a River...

Wilhelm Sonmans (b.Dordrecht, fl.1670s – d.London 1708). Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Man holding a Drawing over a Plinth with the Relief of a River God, by Wilhelm Sonmans (b.Dordrecht, fl.1670s – d.London 1708), signed WS (in monogram). A three-quarter-length portrait of a man, seated, turned slightly to the right, gazing at the spectator, wearing a long wig and gold-coloured coat with blue facings; a scroll of paper [a blue-wash (!) drawing of Mucius Scaevola; figures in martial dress] in his right hand which rests on a plinth, sculptured with a relief of a River God and nymph, wall and arch in the background left, and distant horizon of trees and cloudy sky on the right. Treasurer's House, North Yorkshire