Title Page, from Varii Generis Opera Aurifabris Necessaria
Paul Birckenhultz
ca. 1600
Medium
Engraving; first of two states (SKB)
Dimensions
Sheet: 1 5/16 × 1 15/16 in. (3.4 × 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
30.70.1
Rights
Public Domain
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...