Travellers in Row-Boats approaching a Village, from Landscapes (Playsante Lantschappen)
c. 1641
Medium
Etching, with engraving, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 15.3 × 28.2 cm (6 1/16 × 11 1/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268702
Art Historical Context
Step into the serene world of 17th-century Dutch landscapes with *Travellers in Row-Bo approaching a Village*, an etching by Claes Jansz. Visscher II, created around 1641. This captivating print, part of Visscher's series *scapes (Playsanteantschappen)*— "Pleasant Landscapes"—icts a peaceful procession of rowboats gliding toward a quaint village nestled amid waterways and gentle hills. Visscher, a master Dutch printmaker and publisher during the Golden Age, captured the era's fascination with everyday rural beauty and the rhythm of travel, evoking a sense of calm exploration. The artwork's me...
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...