▁of ▁a ▁Her cules ▁by ▁Peter ▁V ischer ▁the ▁Young er ▁( now ▁in ▁the ▁Wal ters ▁Art ▁Museum ), ▁was ▁in ▁fact ▁not ▁Roman ▁but ▁rather ▁of ▁much ▁more ▁recent , ▁Northern ▁European ▁origin . ▁Sp ic er ▁estimates ▁that ▁" over ▁twenty ▁percent ▁[ of ▁the ▁collection ▁dep icted ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 7 0 0 ▁catalog ] ▁can ▁be ▁identified ▁as ▁Renaissance ▁designs , ▁largely ▁from ▁Pad ua ". ▁ ▁His ▁collection ▁drew ▁the ▁interest ▁of ▁the ▁Russian ▁ts ar ▁Peter ▁the ▁Great , ▁who ▁visited ▁de ▁Wil de ' s ▁home ▁on ▁ 1 3 ▁December ▁ 1 6 9 7 ▁( the ▁e ve ▁of ▁de ▁Wil de ' s ▁birth day ) ▁during ▁his ▁" Gr and ▁Emb ass y " ▁of ▁Western ▁Europe . ▁De ▁Wil de ' s ▁daughter ▁Maria ▁made ▁an ▁eng ra ving ▁of ▁the ▁meeting ▁between ▁Peter ▁and ▁her ▁father , ▁providing ▁visual ▁evidence ▁of ▁" the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁West ▁European ▁classical ▁tradition ▁in ▁Russia ", ▁which ▁she ▁presented ▁to ▁Peter ▁on ▁his ▁second ▁visit , ▁on ▁the ▁same ▁date ▁in ▁ 1 7 1 7 . ▁In ▁the ▁eng ra ving , ▁two ▁men ▁sit ▁facing ▁each ▁other ▁across ▁a ▁table ▁surrounded ▁by ▁book ▁cases ▁and ▁scientific ▁instruments ▁( de ▁Wil de ▁was ▁proud ▁of ▁his ▁interest ▁in ▁and ▁experience ▁with ▁astronom y ); ▁the ▁ts ar , ▁on ▁the ▁right , ▁can ▁be ▁identified ▁by ▁the ▁double - head ed ▁e agle ▁at ▁his ▁feet , ▁an ▁element ▁of