# Roemer

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VISSCHER, Anna Roemers](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/visscher-anna-roemers-r042b83319102cf>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Clear, dark-green glass with diamond-point engraving, height 14 cm

## Commentary

This type of glass is known as roemer \(from the German &#39;römer&#39;, meaning Roman\). It was engraved by Anna Roemers Visscher as a gift for the poet Constantijn Huygens. This roemer is one of the five surviving signed glasses by the artist.

## Related artworks

- [Berkemeyer](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/visscher-anna-roemers-r042b83319102cf/berkemeyer-r30e5dc4717eac8>)
- [Roemer](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/visscher-anna-roemers-r042b83319102cf/roemer-r75dcbaf4440756>)

## Attribution

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