Dus heeft den Moor met pijl en boogh [graphic] / J. de Visscher sculpsit ; C. de Visscher ad vivum deliniavit.

Dus heeft den Moor met pijl en boogh [graphic] / J. de Visscher sculpsit ; C. de Visscher ad vivum deliniavit.

Translated title: Thus the Moor with arrow and bow
Hollstein title: Black archer

[State 4 of 4]

[Amsterdam] : Justus Danckerts excudit, [approximately 1670]

1 print : etching and engraving ; platemark: 338 x 280 mm, image: 290 x 271 mm, on sheet 483 x 390 mm

Half-length figure holding arrow in right hand and bow in left gazes intently at unseen target to his left.

Title from first line of text.

Date from British Museum catalog.

Two lines of verse engraved in lower margin: Dus heeft den Moor met pijl en boogh / Den vyandt of het wilt in't oogh (translation by Folger staff: Thus the Moor with arrow and bow has his eye on the enemy or wild animal).

Drawn from the life by Cornelis Visscher; engraved by his brother, Johannes (Jan) Visscher; published in Amsterdam.

First two states lack publisher information; third state names "J. vander Horst Excudit." (See Hollstein.)

Hollstein, F.W.H. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, Johannes Visscher 148.IV

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Acquired from Marshall Kibbey, D9872, 2025-11-10, Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair, item #56

Purchase made possible by The Elizabeth A. Walsh Acquisitions Fund Committee.

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