Bust-length Portrait of Jacob, Lion with a Blindfold, Map of a Fortified City [above left]; Fox Hunt [below left]; Crane Hunt using Cones [right]

It takes a village to raise an object. Here are the people who've been involved with this one:

• Engraved by Hans Collaert II
• Engraved by Hans Collaert II
• Published by Philips Galle
• Engraved by Karel van Mallery
• Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus
• Previously owned by Giovanni Piancastelli