Newes Modelbuch in Kupffer (Page 60r)
1604
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Overall: 5 11/16 x 7 1/16 x 3/4 in. (14.5 x 18 x 1.9 cm)
Classification
Books|Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Charles R. Richards, 1929
Accession Number
29.59.3(60r)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the intricate world of Renaissance craftsmanship with *Newes Modelbuch in Kupffer (Page 60r)* by Johann Sibmacher, a master engraver from Nuremberg, created in 1604. This etched page from a pattern book—measuring a compact 5 11/16 x 7 1/16 inches—showcases delicate floral motifs, preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints collection as a gift from Charles R. Richards in 1929. Sibmacher's work exemplifies the *Modelbuch* tradition, essential manuals that democratized elegant designs for artisans across Europe. These copperplate etchings were revolutionary for t...
About the Artist
Johann Sibmacher · 1590–1611
Johann Sibmacher (c. 1561–1611), also rendered as Johann Ambrosius Siebmacher, was a German copperplate engraver, etcher, and publisher based in Nuremberg whose contributions to heraldic art and decorative pattern design left a legacy that outlasted him by centuries. Active from around 1590 until his death in 1611, Sibmacher worked at the heart of Nuremberg's flourishing book and print trade, a ci...