Pierre Denis de la Ronde, père

Half-length portrait of Pierre Denis de la Ronde, père as a young man shown seated in three-quarter view facing right. He wears a powdered wig with a black bow at the nape of the neck, and a black coat and waistcoat with white lace jabot and cuffs trimmed with wide white lace. He holds a book in his left hand, and point to the cover of the book with his right forefinger. Shows a bookcase filled with books in the right mid-ground.