Rijksmuseum

Ontwerp voor een titelpagina van Playsante landschappen

Date

c. 1641

Medium

paper, ink, chalk

Institution

Rijksmuseum

Visscher acquired the plates for 35 landscape prints from the estate of Jan van de Velde II in 1641. For the intended publication he designed a title page, in which he incorporated his trademark: a fisherman presents a sketchbook with landscapes that Van de Velde had dawn from life (in situ) – a rare occurrence at the time. Another depiction was ultimately used as the title page.

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