Claes Jansz. Visscher II

Claes Jansz. Visscher II (1586-1652) Besides being a talented draughtsman and etcher, Claes Visscher of Amsterdam was also a leading publisher of prints, maps and topographical views. As such, he exercised considerable influence on the development of Dutch landscape art. Following Hendrick Goltzius, he was one of the first to depict the countryside in which he lived as he...