Portrait of Paulus Lautensack the Elder 1552

"Portrait of Paulus Lautensack the Elder" is a 1552 engraving by Hanns Lautensack, who was born in 1515 and died in 1566. This detailed portrait of the artist’s father shows Paulus Lautensack in a three-quarter profile, with his face filling the oval frame of the print. Hanns Lautensack’s skillful use of line and shading to create a sense of depth and realism are evident in the intricate details of Paulus’s beard and the inscription around the oval frame, which identifies the subject and notes the date of the work. The engraving is currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.