A Young Man Seated Under a Tree, c.1590-95 (Watercolour on vellum laid on card)

Creator: Isaac Oliver (c. 1565-1617)(artist) Full-length, seated, wearing a black-and-gold doublet, a falling collar embroidered in black and black hose with lace-edged turnovers about the knees; he is wearing a tall black hat and is resting his ungloved right hand on his sword; there is a black glove on his left hand, and its pair lies on the ground beside him; grey eyes, dark brown hair. In the background ia a large formal garden with a herber in which a man and woman stroll; there are forget-me-nots and other flowers at the sitter's feet; gold rim.