The Large Cat

c. 1657

Cornelis Visscher

Artist, Dutch, c. 1629 - 1658

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • 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.)

  • Accession

    1995.72.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 42, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

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

Inscriptions

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.

Wikidata ID

Q75394547

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