Title Page with Design for a Pendant from Omnis Generis Instrumenta Bellica
ca. 1600
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 7/16 × 3 1/16 in. (11.2 × 7.8 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
Accession Number
56.500.81(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...