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Cornelis Visscher: English: Print, S. Ioannes [St. John the Evangelist], 1650   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Cornelis Visscher  (circa 1628/1629–1658)  wikidata:Q542383
 
Cornelis Visscher
Alternative names
Cornelis Visscher (II), Cornelis de Visscher, Cornelis de Visscher (II)
Description Dutch painter, drawer and printmaker
brother of Jan de Visscher, Lambert Visscher
Date of birth/death circa 1628-1629 16 January 1658 (buried)
Location of birth/death Haarlem Haarlem
Work location
Haarlem (1653)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q542383
Title
English: Print, S. Ioannes [St. John the Evangelist], 1650
Description
English: St. John stands, head turned to the left, looking upward. Behind him to the left a landscape suggests that the Saint is on the Island of Patmos. In his right hand he holds his pen poised to write the apocryphal Book of Revelations, which he holds in his left hand. Behind him, at right, flies his attribute, the eagle that carries the ink pot in his beak and protects the Saint with his outstretched wing.
Date 1650
date QS:P571,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium engraving on off-white laid paper
Dimensions 25.5 x 19.5 cm (10 1/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1896-3-208
Credit line Bequest of George Campbell Cooper
Inscriptions Collector's mark: verso, 'P. Mariette 1670" [Lugt 1790] Verso: The Cooper Union Museum stamp [Lugt 457e]
Notes
  • Type: Print
  • Inscribed: Inscribed in margin in plate, lower left: Corn. Vischer inveniebat; lower right: Corn. Vischer Sculpebat/ et Excudebat Harlemi 1650; on verso across bottom of sheet in graphite, various numerical notations.
  • Period: Baroque
  • Country: Netherlands
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