Cornelis Visscher
Masterful Dutch Golden Age engraver
Cornelis Visscher, was a Dutch Golden Age engraver and the brother of Jan de Visscher and Lambert Visscher. According to Houbraken he was an able etcher who made famous prints (in his lifetime), and who had an unusual talent for drawing after a live model with charcoal that was unparalleled. Houbraken mentioned that his works could be seen in the collection of the rich Dutch East India Company director and art collector in Amsterdam who had a large art cabinet, Jeronimus Tonneman. Prints by Visscher's hand were made after various famous painters from Haarlem such as Nicolaes Berchem, Adriaen van Ostade, Pieter van Laer and Adriaen Brouwer. According to the RKD he had two brothers, Jan de Visscher and Lambert Visscher (1633-ca.1690), and he was the pupil of Pieter Claesz Soutman. He made a series of portraits in print of religious figures from Amsterdam and Haarlem. He joined the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke in 1653. He influenced Dirk Helmbreker and Cornelis Bega. His pupil was Jan Aelbertsz Riethoorn.
Relationship Network
Master student
- Pieter Claesz Soutman Master
- Hendrik Bary Student
Fellow student
Influenced
- Cornelis Bega Influenced
Siblings
- Jan de Visscher Unknown
Artworks by this artist (17 total)
- Der Heilige Petrus, die linke Hand auf einem Buche und den Schlüssel haltend, die rechte auf der Brust
- A Gypsy Mother with Three Children 1650s
- Two Boys with a Puppy mid-17th century
- Kopf eines alten Mannes mit kurzem Bart und Haupthaar
- Portrait of a Lady mid-17th century
- Two Boys with a Puppy mid-17th century
- Stehender Mann auf einen Stuhl gestützt
- Portrait of a Woman 1658
- Portrait of a boy 1658
- Bust of Young Man with Hat
- Alte Frau mit schwarzer Haube und großem weißem Kragen
- Bildnis eines Knaben als Hirtenjunge 1653
- Bildnis des Robert Junius in seinem vorletzten, 48. Lebensjahr ca 1654
- Kopf eines Jünglings mit umgelegtem Kragen
- Junger Mann mit Hut, Brustbild nach rechts
- Portrait of a Young Man 17th century
- Der Heilige Petrus in einem Buche lesend