Newes ABC Buchlein

Newes ABC Buchlein by Lucas Kilian|Melchior Gelb

Medium

plates: engraving

Dimensions

8 11/16 × 7 × 9/16 in. (22.1 × 17.8 × 1.5 cm)

Classification

Books

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947

Accession Number

47.108.10(1-25)

About the Artist

Lucas Kilian|Melchior Gelb

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 ...

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