Portrayed at less than half-length, the sitter wears a large cap and clothing with a fur collar in the northern style. He holds a carnation in his hands, with a signet ring whose coat of arms consists of a crossed ax and scythe. That coat of arms on his ring confirms that he is a member of the Zörer family, but his identification with the goldsmith, Jorg Zörer, is uncertain. The inscription at the bottom confirms that it was painted when the sitter was forty-one years old. In this work, which is paired with a portrait of the sitter´s wife (P02184), Amberger endows the personage with a serene placidity that contrasts with the severity of traditional Germanic portraiture, although it is in keeping with its capacity to reflect the sitter´s psychological state. This painting was listed among those belonging to Queen Isabel Farnesio in 1746