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Cornelis Visscher

Self-Portrait

1649
Etching and engraving in black on ivory laid paper
13.6 × 9 cm (5.4 × 3.5 in)

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A professional engraver and draftsman, Comelis Visscher produced almost 200 engravings-including portraits and genre scenes of his own design-in his short life.

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