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The painter is seated in his studio at Hospitalfield behind a canvas which partly obscures his left side. In the background there is a sideboard, bowl of fruit and beyond, copies of 'The Inspiration of the Epic Poet' by Poussin and the 'Diane de Poitiers' by an unknown artist: oblique references to the tension the artist felt between overt reserve and latent sensuality, such as he recognised in Poussin whose work he so admired.

This most distinguished addition to the University of Edinburgh Fine Art Collection may be regarded as a commentary on the great Self Portrait by Poussin of 1650.