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Portrait of Gerardus Mercator
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Gerardus Mercator, half-length in an oval; a globe and a compass in his hands. Inscriptions in Latin around the oval and in a cartouche below the print. According to the inscription Mercator is 72 years old here, but this is perhaps incorrect (see notes).
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit linePortret van Gerardus Mercator. 1576. Hendrick Goltzius. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
