Peter Scriverius (1649): Artwork and History

Peter Scriverius (1649) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Cornelis Visscher (Dutch, c. 1629-1658) after Pieter Claesz. Soutman (Dutch, c. 1580–1657).

The work and its context

The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:

Peter Scriverius, a renowned poet and scholar, provided verses to accompany Hendrik Goltzius’s portrait Frederik de Vries (1923.1068). Here Scriverius himself appears in the fifth portrait of a series of prints depicting four famous Dutchmen (Quatuor Personae), for which he wrote celebratory Latin poems. Dutch translations appear below several of these sheets, assuring a wider audience for the prints. Cornelis Visscher’s lively engravings feature illusionistic twists in the helmet, baton, and book that extend into the viewer’s space.

Object facts

• Title: Peter Scriverius
• Date: 1649
• Artist attribution: Cornelis Visscher (Dutch, c. 1629-1658) after Pieter Claesz. Soutman (Dutch, c. 1580–1657)
• Place of origin: Holland
• Medium: Engraving and etching on cream laid paper
• Dimensions: Sheet; trimmed: 40 × 28.8 cm (15 3/4 × 11 3/8 in.)
• Type: Print
• Department: Prints and Drawings
• Reference number: 1923.1038

Collection credit

Gift of Horace S. Oakley

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