Lambert Visscher

Frontispiece to Ferdinand von Fürstenberg's Monumenta Paderbornensia, 1672

Lambert Visscher (1633, Haarlem – after 1690, Italy), was a Dutch Golden Age printmaker.

Biography

According to Houbraken he was the brother of Jan and Cornelis who became a renowned engraver and travelled to Italy, where he died.[1]

According to the RKD he was active in Amsterdam from 1666 to 1673. In 1673 he travelled to Italy, where he died after 1690, perhaps in Florence or Rome.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ (Dutch) Lambert in Johan Visscher Biography in De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen (1718) by Arnold Houbraken, courtesy of the Digital library for Dutch literature
  2. ↑ Lambert Visscher in the RKD
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