A fanciful and entertaining illustration of a painter, his clothes made up of items related to his profession, engraved and issued by Valck after a suite of designs by Nicolas de Larmessin II entitled "Les Costumes grotesques et les métiers." The series shows the 'habit' or dress of each trade, with their elaborate costumes executed in a style reminiscent of the imaginative mannerist portraits of the Italian painter Arcimboldo from a century earlier. The current example, a painter, wears a large easel over his coat, a Lorrainesque landscape covering most of his torso, while a pair of oval portraits hang below. His boots are bucked by crossed pairs of paintbrushes, and a pair of fans made of more brushes and a palette are stuck in the folds of his artist's cap. Another palette and bunch of brushes are clutched in his left hand, and he flourishes a baton in his right, with a pair of oval frames looped at his elbow. In the background is an Italianate landscape.