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Portrait of Nicolaus Petri van Deventer
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Portrait of Nicolaus Petri van Deventer, accountant and astronomer in Amsterdam. Half-length portrait, behind a table with mathematical and astronomical instruments: globe, celestial sphere, astrolabe, compass. A celestial sphere to the left of his head. A man on the left in the background aims a measuring instrument at the obelisk on the right in the background.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit linePortret van Nicolaus Petri van Deventer. 1583. Hendrick Goltzius. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
