Lambert Visscher
Illustration — Frontispiece to Ferdinand von Fürstenberg's Monumenta Paderbornensia, 1672 Lambert Visscher (1633, Haarlem – after 1690, Italy), was a Dutch Golden Age printmaker.
Also recorded as Lambert de Visscher
Lambert Visscher
![Nicolaus Tulp [Tulpius]. Line engraving by L. Visscher, 1672., 1672, by Lambert Visscher](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/L0016843/full/1280,/0/default.jpg)
Lambert Visscher · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark
- Born
- 1633 · Haarlem.
- Died
- 1690 · Italy.
- Nationality
- Dutch Republic
- Occupation
- copper engraver · draftsperson · printmaker
- Fields
- portrait · history
- Teachers
- Pieter Soutman
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — Frontispiece to Ferdinand von Fürstenberg's Monumenta Paderbornensia, 1672 Lambert Visscher (1633, Haarlem – after 1690, Italy), was a Dutch Golden Age printmaker.
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Biography
Biography
Training under Pieter Soutman is recorded. The recorded working language is Dutch. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait and history. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam, Florence and Rome. Work by Lambert Visscher is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Finnish National Gallery, Nationalmuseum, National Portrait Gallery and Museum De Lakenhal.
According to Houbraken he was the brother of Jan and Cornelis who became a renowned engraver and travelled to Italy, where he died. According to the RKD he was active in Amsterdam from 1666 to 1673. In 1673 he travelled to Italy, where he died after 1690, perhaps in Florence or Rome.
Identity
Identity
Lambert Visscher is recorded with the occupation copper engraver. Classed in the genre portrait. Classed in the genre history. Recorded as copper engraver, draftsperson and printmaker. Recognition and collections.
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Life and career
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1633
Lambert Visscher was born in 1633.
1670
Portrait of Johannes Rutgersius is dated 1670.
1690
Lambert Visscher died on 1 January 1690.
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Haarlem.
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Italy.
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