Large Farm, plate ten after Pictures of Farms, Country Houses and Rustic Villages (Praediorum villarum et rusticarum casularum icones)
Medium
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 10.1 × 15.4 cm (4 × 6 1/8 in.); Plate: 10.3 × 15.5 cm (4 1/16 × 6 1/8 in.); Sheet: 11.7 × 17 cm (4 5/8 × 6 3/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
129648
Art Historical Context
Claes Jansz. Visscher II, a prominent Dutch engraver and publisher during the early Dutch Golden Age, created *Large Farm* in 1612 as plate ten from his series *Pictures of Farms, Country Houses and Rustic Villages* (*Praediorum villarum et rusticarum casularum icones*). This etching captures the charm of rural Netherlands, showcasing a sprawling farmstead amid the flat, fertile landscapes that defined the region's prosperity. Visscher's prints, produced in affordable series, brought idyllic countryside scenes to urban collectors, reflecting a growing fascination with pastoral life amid Hollan...
About the Artist
Claes Jansz. Visscher, II · 1587–1652
Claes Janszoon Visscher II (1587–1652) was one of the most prolific and commercially astute figures of the Dutch Golden Age print world — a draughtsman, etcher, mapmaker, and publisher whose Amsterdam workshop became one of the largest of its kind in Europe. Born into a family already engaged in the print trade, Visscher learned etching and engraving directly from his father, Claes Jansz. Visscher...