[1][2] It shows a man with long blonde hair in a banyan against a background of architectural columns and a statue of Apollo.

Its subject is unknown but may be Jacob van Campen, one of the most important proponents of Dutch classicism, Artus Quellinus, a sculptor who produced works for the stadhuis op de Dam and other buildings designed by Van Campen, or Louis Trip, who with his brother Hendrick designed the Trippenhuis, for which Bol painted a number of paintings.

To better present the work, it was decided to commission sculptor and restorer Maarten Robert to make a replica of a frame from the Dutch Golden Age.

This frame consists of a pattern of intersecting olive branches with a recess at the top center for a family coat of arms.

The replica was completed around 1995, after which the work was exhibited in the museum's gallery of honour, for about 10 years, until it went on tour in 2005 during the renovation of the Rijksmuseum.