Claes Jansz Visscher, A Family saying Grace, 1609.
Etching. 347 mm x 490 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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A Family saying Grace, 1609
Claes Jansz Visscher
RA Collection: Art
This extremely rare etching reveals in extraordinary detail the domestic arrangements of a wealthy Dutch family in the first decade of the 17th century. It is one of a sizeable group of Dutch and Flemish prints previously unrecorded in the Academy's collection. This group includes several of the finest Northern School etchings and engravings of the period.
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347 mm x 490 mm
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