Horizontal Panel with a Bird, from Varii Generis Opera Aurifabris Necessaria. Artist: Paul Birckenhultz (1561-1639). Dimensions: Sheet: 1 5/16 × 2 in. (3.4 × 5.1 cm). Date: ca. 1600.Ornamental frieze with a large bird with out-stretched wings at center, surrounded by scrolling tendrils. The bird holds the end of a tendril in its long, straight 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. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.