The Rat Catcher

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Cornelis Visscher

Title

The Rat Catcher

Place

Holland (Artist's nationality:)

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Artist's working dates 1655

Medium

Etching and engraving on paper

Inscriptions

Recto: inscribed in pen and ink LR "AB", the collector's mark of A. Bourduge (France, ca. 1800; Lugt 70) Verso: inscribed in pen and ink "AB", the collector's mark of A. Bourduge (France, ca. 1800; Lugt 70)

Dimensions

Sheet; trimmed: 27 × 31.2 cm (10 11/16 × 12 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Horace S. Oakley

Reference Number

1923.1053

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