Claes Jansz. Visscher
(1586–1652) draughtsman, engraver, printmaker, publisher (1587-1652)
Claes Jansz. Visscher (1586–1652) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Claes Jansz. Visscher belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Claes Jansz. Visscher was born in Amsterdam and died in Amsterdam. Claes Jansz. Visscher studied under Jodocus Hondius I. Claes Jansz. Visscher worked in Amsterdam. The students included Pieter Hendricksz Schut.
The works belong mainly to the genres map, landscape painting, and winter landscape. The catalogue has 51 works by Claes Jansz. Visscher with free images. The dated works span the years 1575–1652. Works by Claes Jansz. Visscher are held by several collections, among them Prints in the National Gallery of Art, Musea Brugge, Print Room of the University of Antwerp, and Belgiens kungliga bibliotek.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Giovanni Bilivert, Huang Daozhou, Angelo Caroselli, Hendrik Gerritsz. Pot, and Arent Arentsz.