Horizontal Panel with a Bird, from Varii Generis Opera Aurifabris Necessaria
ca. 1600
Medium
Engraving; first of two states (SKB)
Dimensions
Sheet: 1 1/4 × 1 15/16 in. (3.2 × 4.9 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930
Accession Number
30.70.2
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Paul Birckenhultz · 1561–1639
Paul Birckenhultz (1561–1634), also known as Paul Birckenholtz, was a German goldsmith, engraver, and draftsman born in Aachen. Little is known about his early life or formal training, though he emerged as a skilled artisan in the late Renaissance tradition of ornamental design. By the late 1580s, Birckenhultz had traveled extensively, working in Paris and Rome before settling permanently in Frank...