Title-plate, from Views in the Surroundings of Haarlem (Plaisante Plaetsen)
Claes Jansz. Visscher
1610/20
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 10.3 × 16 cm (4 1/16 × 6 5/16 in.); sheet: 18.2 × 26.3 cm (7 3/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268465
About the Artist
Claes Jansz. Visscher · 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...