The Slaughter of the Priests of Samaria
Claes Jansz. Visscher|Philips Galle|Maarten van Heemskerck
published 1643/1646
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
8 1/16 × 9 7/8 in. (20.4 × 25.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Fern and Lewis Lowenfels, 2022
Accession Number
2022.459.13.7
About the Artist
Claes Jansz. Visscher|Philips Galle|Maarten van Heemskerck · 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...