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A Resting Herd

A work made of etching and engraving on ivory laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of etching and engraving on ivory laid paper.

Date:

c. 1649-58

Artist:

Cornelis Visscher (Dutch, c. 1629-1658)
after Pieter van Laer (Dutch, c. 1599-1642)

About this artwork

Although his life was short, Cornelis Visscher was one of the most important and productive Dutch portrait draftsmen and engravers of the 17th century. Probably trained by Pieter Soutman, he began working independently after 1650 and moved to Amsterdam after 1653. He made countless engravings of biblical, historical, genre, and landscape subjects, both after his own design and after others. He was particularly talented at animal studies and renowned for his drawn and engraved portraits. Pieter van Laer, a Dutch artist active primarily in Rome, specialized in paintings of contemporary Italian popular culture.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Cornelis Visscher

Title

A Resting Herd

Place

Holland (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1649–1658

Medium

Etching and engraving on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 36.5 × 29.5 cm (14 3/8 × 11 5/8 in.); Sheet: 37 × 30.1 cm (14 5/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Horace S. Oakley

Reference Number

1923.1051

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