Blackwork Design for Goldsmithwork with a Bee-Keeper, a Farmer and a Boar

Mathais Beitler

1612 · Engraving and blackwork · Drawings and Prints

Ornamental panel, divided into three registers. The top register shows a kneeling figure collecting bee-hives from a tree at center. In the middle register, a farmer tills his land. At bottom, a boar chased by two dogs. From a series of six plates.

Artist

Mathais Beitler

Date

1612

Medium

Engraving and blackwork

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1931