Cornelis Visscher (1628-1658)

Cornelis Visscher (1628-1658) - Jacopo Bassano: Annunciation to the shepherds / Description: The annunciation to the shepherds (or The Departure of Abraham for Sichem?) with an angel appearing in the sky; in the foreground of the landscape there are four figures surrounded by their animals, including sheep, goats and a cow; a boy sleeps against the broken trunk of a tree at right and in the centre a woman kneels before a bucket of water; blank margin; proof before lettering; after Jacopo Bassano. Engraving and etching. Print made by: Cornelis Visscher. After: Jacopo Bassano. Part of the series: Variarum imaginum a celeberrimis artificibus pictarum Caelaturae. / Dimensions: 21,50 x 38,00 Good clean impression on wide margined laid paper. With the usual middle fold. / Literature: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (2) - Logan 1975 / The 'Cabinet' of the Brothers Gerard and Jan Reynst (3) --- Pair to Visscher's 'Abraham leaving the country of Haran' (Hollstein 1). The painting by Bassano is lost.