Portrait of a gentleman, possibly the cartographer Willem Janz Blaeu (Uitgeest or Alkmaar 1571-1638 Amsterdam), three-quarter-length, in a black jerkin and white ruff, by a green draped table with a Blaeu celestial globe, compass and map

Dutch School, early 17th Century Portrait of a gentleman, possibly the cartographer Willem Janz Blaeu (Uitgeest or Alkmaar 1571-1638 Amsterdam), three-quarter-length, in a black jerkin and white ruff, by a green draped table with a Blaeu celestial globe, compass and map inscribed 'AEtatis.38 Ao' (upper left) oil on panel 40 x 29½ in. (101.7 x 75 cm.)