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

Paul Birckenhultz

ca. 1600 · Engraving; first of two states (SKB) · Drawings and Prints

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.

Artist

Paul Birckenhultz

Date

ca. 1600

Medium

Engraving; first of two states (SKB)

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930