Farms in a Village, from "Regiunculae et Villae Aliquot Ducatus Brabantiae"
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 3/16 × 6 3/16 in. (10.6 × 15.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
Accession Number
33.52.12
Tags
Art Historical Context
Created around 1610 by Claes Jansz. Visscher, *Farms in Village* belongs to the *Regiunculae et Villae Aliquot Ducatus Brabantiae*, a collection of small landscapes documenting the rural scenery of the Duchy of Brabant. This intimate etching, measuring just over four by six inches, captures a cluster of farm buildings nestled among trees and fields, offering viewers a quiet glimpse of early seventeenth-century village life in the Low Countries. Visscher, a leading Dutch printmaker and publisher, was closely associated with the tradition known as the “Master of the Small Landscapes.” Using the...
About the Artist
Claes Jansz. Visscher|Claes Jansz. Visscher|The Master of the Small Landscapes · 1586–1652
Claes Jansz. Visscher, also known as Nicolas Joannis Visscher II or Joannis Piscator, was a prominent Dutch Golden Age draughtsman, engraver, mapmaker, and publisher born in Amsterdam in 1587 and died there on June 19, 1652. The son of the printmaker and publisher Jan Claesz. Visscher (c. 1550–1612), he learned the art of etching and printing from his father, helping to expand the family trade int...