The Large Cat, c. 1657

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Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 14.4 x 18.6 cm (5 11/16 x 7 5/16 in.)

sheet: 22.1 x 31.5 cm (8 11/16 x 12 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 42, State ii/ii

Accession Number

1995.72.1

Artists / Makers

Cornelis Visscher (artist) Dutch, c. 1629 - 1658

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left plate: Corn. Visscher / fecit; lower center plate: CVisscher Excudit.; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: a 50026; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: F.O.

Provenance

(Pia Gallo, New York); purchased by NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Gallo, Pia

Bibliography

1884: Dutuit, Eugène. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes. Vol. I, IV-VI. Paris: A Levy, 1884-1885. Reprint. Amsterdam: G.W. Hissink, 1970-1972.

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge