Horizontal Panel with Three Birds, from Varii Generis Opera Aurifabris Necessaria
Paul Birckenhultz
ca. 1600 · Engraving; second 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 dark, cross-hatched backgrounds.
- Artist
- Paul Birckenhultz
- Date
- ca. 1600
- Medium
- Engraving; second of two states (SKB)
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959