Self-portrait as an allegory of Painting. The Painter seen standing and pointing towards the black and white canvas, playing between reality and fiction. Signed and dated at the bottom. The inscription below reads: Indomitum frœnans genius virtute Leonem/Auspice pictura; ad templum perducit honoris. A printed variant of this painting was done by Jean A Le Poutre and Franz ertinger after 1662 for a series of prints by Ertinger.