Portrait of Gerardus Mercator, Geradus Mercator Cosmographus (title on object), Portrait of the cartographer Gerardus Mercator holding a compass and a globe. Bust in oval frame with edge lettering. Below cartouche with scrollwork and two dogs, above two imaginary animals with beaks. print maker: Johann Theodor de Bry, Frankfurt am Main, 1597 - c. 1625, paper, engraving, height 143 mm x width 109 mm.