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An engraved römer for Huygens : Anna Roemers Visscher

Title
An engraved römer for Huygens : Anna Roemers Visscher / Nicole Brüderle-Krug.
Author
Brüderle-Krug, Nicole
Publication
Amsterdam : Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 2018.

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56 pages : illustrations; 18 cm.
Summary
In 1621 the poet and scientist Constantijn Huygens had a römer beautifully engraved for his childhood sweetheart Dorothea van Dorp. The decoration comprises several flowers, a dragonfly and a shell, interspersed with an elegant inscription. The lines are drawn with graphic precision, yet seem to have been rendered swiftly and fluidly. This highly skilful work was done by Huygens good friend Anna Roemers Visscher (1584 - 1652), who was among the first in the Netherlands to take up glass engraving as a hobby. For the calligraphy, she occasionally used one of her own poems, another form of artistic expression for which she garnered considerable praise and a highly unusual pastime for women in that period. Only five glasses decorated by Anna survive today, three of which are in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
Series Statement
Rijksmuseum Reeks
Uniform Title
Rijksmuseum Reeks.
Subject
  • Visscher, Anna Roemers, 1583-1651
  • Huygens, Constantijn, 1596-1687
  • Rijksmuseum (Netherlands) > Catalogs
  • Rijksmuseum (Netherlands)
  • Drinking cups > Netherlands > 17th century
  • Glassware > Netherlands > 17th century
Genre/Form
Catalogs.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 54).
ISBN
  • 9789492660084
  • 9492660083
OCLC
  • on1046071474
  • 1046071474
  • SCSB-9589937
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries