VISSCHER, Anna Roemers
(b. 1583, Amsterdam, d. 1651 Alkmaar)

Roemer

1621
Clear green glass with diamond-point engraving, height 13 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The delicate, high quality engraving on this roemer is en early work by Anna Roemers Visscher executed in the old Venetian manner. Anna and her sister Maria Tesselschade (1594-1649) were skilled glass engravers who belonged to the cultural elite of their day.