Claes Jansz. Visscher

Claes Jansz. Visscher, Illustration of the decapitation of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, 1619
Claes Jansz. Visscher, Leo Belgicus, 1611

Claes Janszoon Visscher (1587 – 19 June 1652) was a Dutch Golden Age draughtsman, engraver, mapmaker, and publisher. He was the founder of the successful Visscher family mapmaking business. The firm that he established in Amsterdam would be passed down his generations until it was sold to Peter Schenk.[1]

  1. ^ Brown, Kevin J. Maps Through the Ages. White Star Publishers. pp. 47–49.