Horizontal Panel with a Bird, from "Varii Generis Opera Aurifabris Necessaria"

ca. 1600
Not on view
Ornamental frieze with a bird bending right at center, surrounded by foliate scrolls. The bird holds the end of one of the tendrils in its curved beak. From a series of six plates with horizontally hatched backgrounds. According to Berliner, the backgrounds of the plates in this series were further darkened at a later date.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Horizontal Panel with a Bird, from "Varii Generis Opera Aurifabris Necessaria"
  • Series/Portfolio: Varii Generis Opera Aurifabris Necessaria
  • Artist: Paul Birckenhultz (1561–1639)
  • Date: ca. 1600
  • Medium: Engraving; first state of two (SKB)
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 1 3/8 × 2 in. (3.5 × 5.1 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930
  • Object Number: 30.70.4
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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