Johannes Körnlein - portrait of Maria Tesselschade Visscher

The subject is shown in profile, wearing the formal attire of a 17th-century Dutch woman, including a delicate lace coif and a pleated ruff collar. She is seated and holding a book, a symbol of her status as one of the most celebrated female intellectuals and writers of the Dutch Golden Age. The engraving uses nuanced tonal work to mimic the appearance of a chalk drawing.

Maria Tesselschade Visscher was a key figure in the Muiderkring, a circle of intellectuals whose work integrated humanism, poetry, and the study of emblems. Her presence in this collection highlights the social and intellectual networks that supported the flourishing of Dutch natural philosophy and art.