Lanscape with horsemen
| Reference: | S7340 |
| Author | Nicolas VISSCHER I |
| Year: | 1614 ca. |
| Measures: | 520 x 380 mm |
€1,000.00
| Reference: | S7340 |
| Author | Nicolas VISSCHER I |
| Year: | 1614 ca. |
| Measures: | 520 x 380 mm |
€1,000.00
Description
Engraving, circa 1614/5, signed in plate at bottom.
The compositions derive from subjects by Nicolas de Bruyn, and are edited by Visscher; the figures that animate the scenes are biblical characters, sometimes easily recognizable.
Magnificent proof, finely watercolored by a contemporary hand, printed on contemporary laid paper with watermark “heraldic coat of arms with lily”, with margins, usual trace of central vertical fold, in excellent condition.
Nicolas VISSCHER I (1618 - 1679)
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For nearly a century the members of the Visscher family were important art dealers and map publishers in Amsterdam. The founder of the business, C. J. Visscher, had premises near to those of Pieter van den Keere and Jodocus Hondius whose pupil he may have been. From about 1620 he designed a number of individual maps, including one of the British Isles, but his first atlas consisted of maps printed from plates bought from van den Keere and issued as they stood with some additions of his own, including historical scenes of battles and sieges for which he had a high reputation. Some maps bear the latinized form of the family name: Piscator. After Visscher's death his son and grandson, both of the same name, issued a considerable number of atlases, constantly revised and brought up to date but most of them lacking an index and with varying contents. The widow of Nicholaes Visscher II carried on the business until it finally passed into the hands of Pieter Schenk.
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Nicolas VISSCHER I (1618 - 1679)
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For nearly a century the members of the Visscher family were important art dealers and map publishers in Amsterdam. The founder of the business, C. J. Visscher, had premises near to those of Pieter van den Keere and Jodocus Hondius whose pupil he may have been. From about 1620 he designed a number of individual maps, including one of the British Isles, but his first atlas consisted of maps printed from plates bought from van den Keere and issued as they stood with some additions of his own, including historical scenes of battles and sieges for which he had a high reputation. Some maps bear the latinized form of the family name: Piscator. After Visscher's death his son and grandson, both of the same name, issued a considerable number of atlases, constantly revised and brought up to date but most of them lacking an index and with varying contents. The widow of Nicholaes Visscher II carried on the business until it finally passed into the hands of Pieter Schenk.
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