Nicolaes Visscher II

The works, engraved plates, were then sold to Peter Schenk, who also reprinted them.

The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam. Work by Nicolaes Visscher II is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Stadsarchief Rotterdam, National Gallery of Victoria, CODA Museum and Voerman Stadsmuseum Hattem.

Nicolaes Visscher II was born into a family of mapmakers and publishers, including father Nicolaes Visscher I and grandfather Claes Janszoon Visscher. Visscher took over the Amsterdam firm after his father’s death in 1679. He continued the business as both a cartographer and publisher, issuing maps and atlases from inherited plates as well as new material produced in the workshop. Under his direction, the firm produced composite atlases whose contents could vary between copies. These were revised and reissued over time and included a combination of the family’s own engravings and maps obtained from other sources. In 1682, at about thirty years of age, Visscher obtained a publishing privilege from the States of Holland and West Friesland, granting him exclusive rights to print and sell certain maps and atlases and preventing unauthorized copying. Visscher produced regional and continental maps as well as maps for inclusion in atlases, maintaining the firm’s presence in the Amsterdam map trade of the late 17th century.

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