Vase with a River God in an Oval Medallion
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 7/16 x 7 1/8 in. (26.5 x 18.1 cm) Plate: 7 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (18.9 x 11.2 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.30
Tags
About the Artist
Claes Jansz. Visscher|René Boyvin|Rosso Fiorentino|Frederick de Wit · 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...