Cornelis Visscher

Cornelis Visscher belongs to the Dutch Golden Age tradition of reproductive printmaking, working chiefly in engraving and etching across portraiture and religious subjects. His plates translate painted and drawn models into finely worked linear compositions, as seen in a portrait of Philip IV of Spain drawn from a series on the counts and countesses of Holland and in a devotional scene of Saint Francis receiving the Christ child. This archive holds two of his sheets, both dated 1650, one an engraving and etching in the third state of three and the other an etching and engraving in the second state of four, with impressions up to that year represented in the collection.

2 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)

Portrait of Philip IV, King of Spain, from 'Counts and Countesses of Holland, Zeeland, and West-Frisia'

1650 · Engraving and etching; third state of three (Hollstein)

The Vision of Saint Francis, kneeling at right, receiving the Christ child from the Virgin Mary (1650)

1650 · Etching and engraving; second state of four (Hollstein)