Portrait of the printer/publisher Christopher Plantin, standing behind a table, seen from the left, at half life. In his right hand a compass, with the text 'Labore et Constantia'. His left hand rests on a book. Behind his back a column on high pedestal. Plantijn is dressed in cloak with loose sleeves and fur collar. A Latin title at the top of the print and a poem in Latin by Johan Bochius in the margin below the print, Portrait of Christoffel Plantijn, print maker: Hendrick Goltzius, (mentioned on object), Hendrick Goltzius, Joannes Bochius, (mentioned on object), Haarlem, 1581 - 1585, paper

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