Cornelis van Noode-portrait Jan de Visscher b1636

Jan de Visscher (ca.1636,

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– 1692-1712,

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), was a

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engraver who became a painter in later life.

Biography

According to Houbraken he was an able etcher who made famous prints (in his lifetime) after the works of

Philips Wouwerman Philips Wouwerman (also Wouwermans) (24 May 1619 (baptized) – 19 May 1668) was a Dutch painter of hunting, landscape and battle scenes. He became prolific during the Dutch Golden Age and joined the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke. Life and work P ...

and Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, and who became an able pupil of the landscape painter Michiel Carrée aged 56. Houbraken spoke to Michiel Carrée personally about his art, who claimed that Visscher became as good as he was at Italianate landscapes. No paintings by Visscher's hand are known today, but he made many prints after various famous painters from Haarlem such as Berchem,

Adriaen van Ostade Adriaen van Ostade (baptized as Adriaen Jansz Hendricx 10 December 1610 – buried 2 May 1685) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of genre works, showing everyday life of ordinary men and women. Life According to Arnold Houbraken, he and his br ...

Jan van Goyen Jan Josephszoon van Goyen (; 13 January 1596 – 27 April 1656) was a Dutch landscape painter. The scope of his landscape subjects was very broad as he painted forest landscapes, marine paintings, river landscapes, beach scenes, winter landscap ...

, and his brother Cornelis. Houbraken mentioned Jan Visser from Haarlem with the nickname ''Slempop'' at another point in his book, in his biographical sketch of "P. Molyn", son of

Pieter de Molijn Pieter de Molijn (6 April 1595 in London – 23 March 1661 in Haarlem) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and engraver of English birth and Flemish descent. He was baptized in the Dutch Reformed Austin Friars church in London. He was born to Pi ...

. This Jan Visser visited the Haarlem-born Molyn II when he was in prison in Genua for 16 years for murdering his wife.P. Molyn Biography
in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by

Arnold Houbraken Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch people, Dutch Painting, painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters. Life Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadt ...

, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature According to the RKD Jan de Visscher had two brothers,

Cornelis Visscher Cornelis Visscher (1629 in Haarlem – 1658 in Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age engraver and the brother of Jan de Visscher and Lambert Visscher. Biography According to Houbraken he was an able etcher who made famous prints (in his lifetime), ...

and Lambert de Visscher.Jan de Visscher
in the

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He was registered in Amsterdam in 1692, but his death was not recorded. Since he is referred to in the past tense when Houbraken was writing, he is assumed to have died before 1712.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Visscher, Jan de 1630s births 1690s deaths Artists from Haarlem 17th-century Dutch engravers Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Dutch Golden Age printmakers