Large Farm, plate 10 from "Regiunculae et Villae Aliquot Ducatus Brabantiae"
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 1/16 × 6 1/8 in. (10.3 × 15.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
Accession Number
33.52.14
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the quaint rural heart of the Duchy of Brabant with *Large Farm*, plate from Claes Jansz. Visscher's series *Regunculae et Villa Aliquot Ducatus Brabant* (ca. 1610). This delicate etching captures a sprawling farmhouse nestled among thatched roofs, sturdy village houses, and leafy trees, evoking the charm of early 17th Low Countries life. Visscher, a prominent Dutch engraver and publisher drew from the tradition of the Master of the Small Landscapes—an anonymous artist known for pioneering intimate, topographical views that influenced the Dutch Golden Age. Etched on a modest sheet ...
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...