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Varri Generis Opera Avrifabris necessaria Paulus Birckenhultz

Print
c. 1600
Artist/Maker
Paul Birckenhultz (designer)
Place of origin
Frankfurt

Paul Birckenhultz. One of eight plates from a suite of ten ornaments on a horizontal hatched background. Frankfurt, about 1600.


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
TitleVarri Generis Opera Avrifabris necessaria Paulus Birckenhultz (series title)
Materials and techniques
engraving
Engraving
Brief description
Paul Birckenhultz. One of eight plates from a suite of ten ornaments on a horizontal hatched background. Frankfurt, about 1600.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 8.4cm
  • Cut to width: 15.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
Signed 'P. B. F.' in the lower centre of the plate.
Bibliographic references
  • Hollstein, F. W. H., Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1956): vol. 4, no.25-30.
  • de Jong, M. and de Groot, I., Ornamentprenten in het Rijksprentenkabinet I, 15de & 16de eeuw, ‘s-Gravenhage, 1988, no.317.
  • Fuhring, P., ‘Ornament Prints in Amsterdam’ (Review of M. de Jong and I. de Groot, Ornamentprenten in het Rijksprentenkabinet I, 15de & 16de eeuw) in Print Quarterly, vol. VI, no. 3, September 1989, pp.322-34.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
22764:4

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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