- Anna Visscher
Anna Roemers Visscher (ca.
Feb 2 1583 ,Amsterdam -Dec 6 1651 ,Alkmaar ) was a Dutchartist ,poet , andtranslator .Anna Roemers Visscher was the eldest daughter of
Roemer Visscher and the sister ofMaria Tesselschade Visscher . Her family's economic and social status inAmsterdam enabled Visscher to be schooled in languages,calligraphy ,embroidery ,drawing ,painting , and other arts. She is particularly regarded for her diamond-pointglass engraving . Additionally, she had an apparent interest inemblem books , as she translated into Dutch thirteenepigrams fromGeorgette de Montenay 's "Emblèmes, ou devises chrestiennes " of 1584 [http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/manuscripts/search/resultsn.cfm?NID=15755&RID=] . She also contributed poetry to the 1618 emblem book, "Silenus Alcibiadis, Sive Proteus " (variously called "Emblemata", "Minnebeelden" with "Maegdenplicht", or "Sinne- en Minnebeelden") [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/laan005lett01/laan005lett01_2056.htm] byJacob Cats .External links
* [http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_artists/00017012?lang=en&context_space=aria_themes&context_id=7053 Rijksmuseum] - examples of Anna Roemers Visscher's glass engraving.
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