Hans Kellerthaler
Lucas Kilian
1616
Medium
Engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 15.9 × 12.6 cm (6 5/16 × 5 in.)
Classification
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
267787
About the Artist
Lucas Kilian
Lucas Kilian (1579–1637) was one of the most celebrated engravers of early 17th-century Germany and the most prominent member of the Kilian dynasty of printmakers in Augsburg. Born in Augsburg in 1579, Lucas Kilian achieved international recognition for his technically virtuosic engravings and became a leading figure in the transition from late Renaissance to early Baroque printmaking styles. His ...