Portrait of Nicolaus Petri van Deventer, accountant and astronomer in Amsterdam. Portrait half-hearted, behind a table with mathematical and astronomical instruments: globe, celestial sphere, astrolabe, compass. To the left of his head a geometric figure, to the right a celestial sphere. Man on the left in the background points a measuring instrument at the obelisk on the right in the background. The print was used here for the title page of Petri's book 'Boekhouwen op die Italiaensche ', published by Harman Jansz. Muller in Amsterdam in 1595, Portrait of Nicolaus Petri van Deventer L

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