The Sower, from Verscheyden Landtschapjes (Various Little Landscapes), Plate 5
Medium
Etching; Begemann's second state of three
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 in. × 5 7/16 in. (10.1 × 13.8 cm) Plate: 3 7/16 × 4 7/8 in. (8.7 × 12.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
Accession Number
32.17.11
Tags
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...