Plate 1, from XX Stuck zum (ornamental designs for goblets and beakers)
Master A.P.
1601
Medium
Punch engraving in black with traces of graphite on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 9 × 9.5 cm (3 9/16 × 3 3/4 in.); Plate: 10.5 × 10 cm (4 3/16 × 3 15/16 in.); Sheet: 11.5 × 10 cm (4 9/16 × 3 15/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
128064
About the Artist
Master A.P.
Master A.P. is the conventional designation used by art historians to identify an anonymous printmaker known only through the monogram "A.P." appearing on a body of engravings. The practice of referring to unidentified artists by their initials or distinctive marks is well established in the study of early printmaking, where many skilled practitioners left no documentary record of their identities...