New Modelbüch (Page 40v)
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Overall: 12 x 8 1/16 in. (30.5 x 20.5 cm)
Classification
Books|Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1936
Accession Number
36.19(40v)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints collection, where we encounter *New Modelbüch ( 40v)*, an etching from 1615 by Henning Gross the and Andreas Bretschneider This page, measuring 12 x 8 1/16 inches, forms part of a "model book"—a practical compendium of ornamental designs cherished by artisans across Renaissance and early Baroque Europe. Created in the German-speaking regions, these books served as pattern manuals for craftsmen, offering motifs to replicate in metalwork, textiles, architecture, and more. Etching, the medium here, allowed for intricate, reproducibl...
About the Artist
Henning Gross the younger|Andreas Bretschneider (German|German) · 1573 | –1645 |
German, Dresden ca. 1578–ca. 1640 Leipzig|