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The Rat Catcher

Johannes van Vliet · 1632

Johannes van Vliet: Documented works 1632–1632 (not lifespan)

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The Rat Catcher

1632

etching · National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

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Medium
etching
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plate: 9.3 x 6.4 cm (3 11/16 x 2 1/2 in.) sheet: 9.7 x 6.8 cm (3 13/16 x 2 11/16 in.)
Collection no.
1943.3.8343
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By the artist
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Johannes van Vliet. The Rat Catcher. Johannes van Vliet; This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the National Gallery of Art . Please see the Gallery's Open Access Policy .. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johannes_van_Vliet,_The_Rat_Catcher,_1632,_NGA_10840.jpg. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: National Gallery of Art

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The Rat Catcher — Johannes van Vliet. 1632.

Medium: etching.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 9.3 x 6.4 cm (3 11/16 x 2 1/2 in.) sheet: 9.7 x 6.8 cm (3 13/16 x 2 11/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1943.3.8343. Rosenwald Collection.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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Johannes van Vliet. The Rat Catcher. Johannes van Vliet; This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the National Gallery of Art . Please see the Gallery's Open Access Policy .. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johannes_van_Vliet,_The_Rat_Catcher,_1632,_NGA_10840.jpg. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.