Content description:In this sketch, Tamora, queen of the Goths, and two of her sons kneel in supplication before Titus, who wears a Roman toga and brandishes a large spear. In stark contrast to the kneeling figures of Tamara and her sons, Aaron the…
The sitter, believed to be Christopher Marlowe, wears a black long-sleeved shirt, featuring an orange stitched pattern and buttons down the center and both sleeves. The Latin inscription in the upper-left corner reads ANNO DNI AETATIS SVAE 21 1585…