The Rat Catcher
Daniel Vrydag, Flemish, 1765 - 1833
after Cornelis Visscher II, Dutch, 1629 - 1662
1787
Engraving on laid paper
Impression: 14 5/8 × 12 3/8 in. (37.1 × 31.4 cm)
Sheet: 18 × 15 1/4 in. (45.7 × 38.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift in memory of Mrs. Harvey Fisk by her children
PR.974.429
Geography
Place Made: Belgium, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, lower center: D. Vrydag na C. Visscher, 1787.
Exhibition History
Aspects of Human Experience: Works from the Permanent Collection, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Art History 2, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 12, 1998-March 14, 1999.
Provenance
Elizabeth Richmond Fisk (1885-1966) [Mrs. Harvey Edward Fisk], Woodstock, Vermont; to her children, Elizabeth Fisk Tyler (1912-1978), Margaretta Fisk Paine (1915-1952); Ursula Fisk Clough (1917-1989), and Anne Fisk Howe (1921-2001), 1966; given to present collection, 1974.
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