The Charcoal-Burner, from "Verscheyden Landtschapjes" (Various Little Landscapes), Plate 9
Medium
Etching; Begemann's third state of three
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 3 9/16 × 4 13/16 in. (9 × 12.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
Accession Number
33.53.1
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the rustic charm of early 17th-century Dutch with *The Charcoal-Burn*, Plate 9 from *Verscheyden Landchapjes* ("Various Landscapes"). Created around 1616, this intimate etching is a collaboration between painter Willem Pietersz. Buytewech, known for his lively genre scenes and innovative landscapes, and engraver-publisher Claes Jansz Visscher, a key figure in disseminating art during the Dutch Golden Age. This series of diminutive prints captured the everyday beauty of nature and rural life, making fine art accessible to a broader audience through affordable reproductions. Etched on...
About the Artist
Claes Jansz. Visscher|Willem Pietersz. Buytewech · 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...