Horizontal Panel with Three Birds, from "Varii Generis Opera Aurifabris Necessaria"

Paul Birckenhultz German

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Ornamental frieze with three birds (at upper right, bottom center, and middle right) perched on foliate scrolls. The large bird at center faces right and holds the end of a tendril in its long 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.

Horizontal Panel with Three Birds, from "Varii Generis Opera Aurifabris Necessaria", Paul Birckenhultz (1561–1639), Engraving; first state of two (SKB)

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