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Johann Melchior Birckenstock

Also known as: Johann Melchior Birckenstock; primary name: Birckenstock, Johann Melchior
Details: individual; collector; Austrian; Male
Life dates: 1738-1809
Biography: Collector in Vienna; collection started 1765 and descended to his daughter Antonia (1780-1869), who had married Franz Brentano; collection sold Frankfurt in 1870 (F.A.C. Prestel, 4-6 April) in 3537 lots, of which the BM bought 950 through Colnaghi (see 1870,0625.1 to 950). See his mezzotint portrait by Pichler.
Bibliography: Lugt 345

661 related objects

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.853 |
Producer name: BIOG21928 Print made by:Jacopo Caraglio |
Production date: 1526

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.505 |
Producer name: BIOG50107 Print made by:Franz Xaver Wagenschön |
Production date: 1771

print; ornament print

Museum number: 1870,0625.812 |
Producer name: BIOG24906 Print made by:Étienne Delaune |
Production date: 1550-1572

print

Title: The twelve Patriarchs |
Museum number: 1870,0625.682 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1550

print; ornament print

Museum number: 1870,0625.813 |
Producer name: BIOG24906 Print made by:Étienne Delaune |
Production date: 1550-1572

print

Title: Ver Veneri s The four seasons |
Museum number: 1870,0625.670 |
Producer name: Print made by:Adriaen CollaertAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1587

print; ornament print

Museum number: 1870,0625.808 |
Producer name: BIOG24906 Print made by:Étienne Delaune |
Production date: 1550-1572

print

Title: A spaniel and wild duck |
Museum number: 1870,0625.643 |
Producer name: Print made by:James WatsonAfter:George Barret (the elder) |
Production date: 1768

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.852 |
Producer name: BIOG21928 Print made by:Jacopo Caraglio |
Production date: 1526

print

Title: Vulcan surprend Mars et Venus |
Museum number: 1870,0625.146 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Peter PichlerAfter:Luca Giordano |
Production date: 1790s

print

Title: Maria Serre |
Museum number: 1870,0625.774 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre DrevetAfter:Hyacinthe Rigaud |
Production date: 1702 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.40 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarPublished by:Peeter van Avont |
Production date: 1647

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.695 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIAfter:Marco Angolo del Moro |
Production date: 1588

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1870,0625.758 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham BosseAfter:Claude Vignon |
Production date: 1639 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1870,0625.760 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham BosseAfter:Claude Vignon |
Production date: 1639 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.665 |
Producer name: Print made by:Adriaen CollaertAfter:Jan van der Straet |
Production date: 1575-1612

print

Title: Le ménage ambulant |
Museum number: 1873,0712.317 |
Producer name: After:Jean Baptiste GreuzePrint made by:Louis Binet |
Production date: 1760-1797 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1870,0625.769 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham BosseAfter:Claude Vignon |
Production date: 1639 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1870,0625.764 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham BosseAfter:Claude Vignon |
Production date: 1639 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.710 |
Producer name: BIOG51031 Print made by:Johannes Wierix |
Production date: 1604

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1870,0625.768 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham BosseAfter:Claude Vignon |
Production date: 1639 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Terra The Four Elements |
Museum number: 1870,0625.666 |
Producer name: Print made by:Adriaen CollaertPublished by:Adriaen Collaert |
Production date: 1575-1618

print

Title: The Seven Liberal Arts |
Museum number: 1870,0625.718 |
Producer name: Ascribed to:Francesco PrimaticcioPublished by:Antonius Wierix |
Production date: 1591

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1870,0625.763 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham BosseAfter:Claude Vignon |
Production date: 1639 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: L'Enlèvement d'Europe |
Museum number: 1870,0625.746 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques Firmin BeauvarletAfter:Luca Giordano |
Production date: 1761 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.827 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henri Simon ThomassinAfter:Jean Jouvenet |
Production date: 1724 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Acis et Galathée |
Museum number: 1870,0625.748 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques Firmin BeauvarletAfter:Luca Giordano |
Production date: 1763 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Ignis The Four Elements |
Museum number: 1870,0625.668 |
Producer name: Print made by:Adriaen CollaertPublished by:Adriaen Collaert |
Production date: 1575-1618

print

Title: Huldricus Zvinglius. Anno aetatis 44 |
Museum number: 1870,0625.572 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor de BryPrint made by:Robert Boissard |
Production date: 1600

print

Title: Carlo Broschi detto Farinelli |
Museum number: 1870,0625.510 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph (Giuseppe) WagnerAfter:Jacopo Amigoni |
Production date: 1734-1739 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: Sol Planetarum effectus et eorum in signis zodiaci |
Museum number: 1870,0625.699 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan Sadeler IAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1585 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Title: Luna Planetarum effectus et eorum in signis zodiaci |
Museum number: 1870,0625.702 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan Sadeler IAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1585 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print; book-illustration

Title: Martinus Lutherus |
Museum number: 1870,0625.534 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hendrik Hondius IPublished by:Hendrik Hondius I |
Production date: 1599 |
Production place: Published in:Hague, The

print

Title: Attaque d'un des côtés de la forteresse d'Oczakow prise et emportée d'assaut par les troupes Russes, |
Museum number: 1870,0625.19 |
Producer name: Print made by:Adam BartschAfter:Francesco Giuseppe Casanova |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:Vienna (city)

print

Title: Martinus Lutherus Islebius Theologus Vixit An. LXIII Obiit Iselbii Anno 1546 Febr. 18 |
Museum number: 1870,0625.544 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter Pietersz. HolsteynPublished by:Clement de Jonghe |
Production date: 1673 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Title: Elisabet Petrovna Prima Omnium Russorum Imperatrix |
Museum number: 1870,0625.509 |
Producer name: After:Jacopo AmigoniPrint made by:Joseph (Giuseppe) Wagner |
Production date: 1741-1762 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: Mercurius Planetarum effectus et eorum in signis zodiaci |
Museum number: 1870,0625.701 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan Sadeler IAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1585 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Title: Ioannes Calvinus natus Novioduni Picardorum... |
Museum number: 1870,0625.579 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter Pietersz. HolsteynPublished by:Clement de Jonghe |
Production date: 1629-1677 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; title-page

Title: Premiere Suite de six pieces de differents animeaux (...) |
Museum number: 1870,0625.161 |
Producer name: BIOG44133 Print made by:Joseph Roos |
Production date: 1789

print; title-page

Title: Severall Ways of Hunting, Hawking, and Fishing... |
Museum number: 1870,0625.42 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarAfter:Francis Barlow |
Production date: 1671

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.435 |
Producer name: BIOG49135 Print made by:Jonas Umbach |
Production date: 1645-1700

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.584 |
Producer name: Print made by:Captain William BaillieAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1738-1810

print

Title: Marcus Tullius Cicero |
Museum number: 1870,0625.645 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1757

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.184 |
Producer name: BIOG45783 Print made by:Jeremias Jakob Sedelmayer |
Production date: 1720-1761

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.18 |
Producer name: Formerly attributed to:Jost AmmanAttributed to:Hans Asper |
Production date: 1562

print

Title: Allegorical Landscapes |
Museum number: 1870,0625.648 |
Producer name: Print made by:Simon NovellanusAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1595

print

Title: Arnold Möller: Natus Ao: M.D.LXXXI... |
Museum number: 1870,0625.63 |
Producer name: BIOG33770 Print made by:Lucas Kilian |
Production date: 1629

print

Title: Divinitas |
Museum number: 1870,0625.784 |
Producer name: BIOG24906 Print made by:Étienne Delaune |
Production date: 1550-1583

print; broadside

Title: Excitatio hominis The fall and redemption of man |
Museum number: 1870,0625.736 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hieronymus WierixAfter:Ambrosius Francken |
Production date: 1578

print

Title: Sienta |
Museum number: 1870,0625.788 |
Producer name: BIOG24906 Print made by:Étienne Delaune |
Production date: 1550-1583

print

Title: Allegory of the Salvation of mankind Allegory of the resurrection and of the salvation |
Museum number: 1870,0625.735 |
Producer name: After:Jacob de BreuckPrint made by:Hieronymus Wierix |
Production date: 1586

print; thesis engraving

Museum number: 1870,0625.826 |
Producer name: Print made by:François SpierreAfter:Pietro da Cortona |
Production date: 1666 |
Production place: Printed in:Rome (city)

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.461 |
Producer name: BIOG49135 Print made by:Jonas Umbach |
Production date: 1645-1700

print; book-illustration

Title: Graviæ obsidio anno 1586 |
Museum number: 1870,0625.773 |
Producer name: Print made by:François CollignonAfter:Michelangelo Cerquozzi |
Production date: 1632 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Title: Vue de la Forteresse du Königstein en Saxe et des Environs du Cote du Couchant |
Museum number: 1870,0625.420 |
Producer name: BIOG48302 Print made by:Alexander Thiele |
Production date: 1726

print

Museum number: 1895,0915.106 |
Producer name: Print made by:MarcantonioAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1515-1520

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.833 |
Producer name: After:MarcantonioAfter:Giulio Romano |
Production date: 1525-1599

print

Title: Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae |
Museum number: 1870,0625.947 |
Producer name: Print made by:Diana ScultoriPublished by:Claudio Duchetti |
Production date: 1581 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Title: The Seven Liberal Arts |
Museum number: 1870,0625.722 |
Producer name: Ascribed to:Francesco PrimaticcioPublished by:Antonius Wierix |
Production date: 1591

print

Title: The Months with Signs of the Zodiac |
Museum number: 1870,0625.13 |
Producer name: BIOG17268 After:Jost Amman |
Production date: 1555-1600

print

Title: The Months with Signs of the Zodiac |
Museum number: 1870,0625.6 |
Producer name: BIOG17268 After:Jost Amman |
Production date: 1555-1600

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.644 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1725-1766

print; broadside

Title: Aigendtliche Bildnuß Deß ...Ehrwürdigen...Herren Martini Luthers... |
Museum number: 1870,0625.541 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lucas KilianPublished by:Johann Klocker |
Production date: 1626 |
Production place: Published in:Augsburg

print

Title: Vue de la Ville Royale et Electorale de Dresde, capitale en Saxe, et des Environs du cote du Couchan |
Museum number: 1870,0625.421 |
Producer name: BIOG48302 Print made by:Alexander Thiele |
Production date: 1726

print; ornament print

Title: Portraicture de diverses vases inventé par Jean le Pautre |
Museum number: 1951,1222.18 |
Producer name: After:Jean LepautrePublished by:Frederick de Wit |
Production date: 1650-1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; ornament print

Title: Portraicture de diverses vases inventé par Jean le Pautre |
Museum number: 1951,1222.27 |
Producer name: After:Jean LepautrePublished by:Frederick de Wit |
Production date: 1650-1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; ornament print

Title: Portraicture de diverses vases inventé par Jean le Pautre |
Museum number: 1951,1222.23 |
Producer name: After:Jean LepautrePublished by:Frederick de Wit |
Production date: 1650-1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print; ornament print

Title: Portraicture de diverses vases inventé par Jean le Pautre |
Museum number: 1951,1222.22 |
Producer name: After:Jean LepautrePublished by:Frederick de Wit |
Production date: 1650-1690 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Title: A femme avare galant esroc |
Museum number: 1873,0712.331 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolas de Larmessin IIIAfter:Nicolas Lancret |
Production date: 1740-1755

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.474 |
Producer name: BIOG49135 Print made by:Jonas Umbach |
Production date: 1645-1700

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.81 |
Producer name: BIOG34064 Print made by:Carl Wilhelm Kolbe |
Production date: 1800-1835

print

Title: The twelve Patriarchs |
Museum number: 1870,0625.680 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1550

print

Title: Folge kleiner Landschaften |
Museum number: 1870,0625.77 |
Producer name: BIOG34064 Print made by:Carl Wilhelm Kolbe |
Production date: 1795

print

Title: Hans von Zürch Goltsmidt |
Museum number: 1870,0625.41 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarAfter:Hans Holbein the Younger |
Production date: 1647

print

Title: The Four Seasons |
Museum number: 1870,0625.139 |
Producer name: Print made by:Magdalena de PasseAfter:Crispijn de Passe the Elder |
Production date: 1620-1630

print

Title: The Right Honourable Henry Pelham, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and John Roberts Esqr |
Museum number: 1870,0625.635 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard HoustonAfter:John Shackleton |
Production date: 1736-1775

print

Title: Antrum Platonicum |
Museum number: 1870,0625.707 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan SaenredamAfter:Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem |
Production date: 1604

print

Title: Doctor Martin / Luther |
Museum number: 1870,0625.531 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1533-1620

print

Title: Pièces gravées d'après les tableaux de la gallerie impériale royale de Vienne |
Museum number: 1870,0625.88 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob MännlAfter:José de Ribera |
Production date: 1675-1700

print

Title: The satirical Passion |
Museum number: 1870,0625.930 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarAfter:Hans Holbein the Younger |
Production date: 1644-1652

print

Title: The satirical Passion |
Museum number: 1870,0625.921 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarAfter:Hans Holbein the Younger |
Production date: 1644-1652

print

Title: The satirical Passion |
Museum number: 1870,0625.923 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarAfter:Hans Holbein the Younger |
Production date: 1644-1652

print

Title: Die Dressur des Reitpferdes |
Museum number: 1870,0625.71 |
Producer name: After:Philips WouwermanPrint made by:Wilhelm Kobell |
Production date: 1788

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.658 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter van der HeydenAfter:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1570-1585

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.128 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Martin Schongauer |
Production date: 1465-1500

print

Title: The Good Samaritan |
Museum number: 1870,0625.449 |
Producer name: BIOG49135 Print made by:Jonas Umbach |
Production date: 1645-1700

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.129 |
Producer name: Print made by:Israhel van MeckenemAfter:Martin Schongauer |
Production date: 1465-1500

print

Title: Large Landscapes |
Museum number: 1870,0625.655 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johannes van Doetecum IPrint made by:Lucas van Doetecum |
Production date: 1553-1556

print

Title: Piccoli Santi |
Museum number: 1870,0625.849 |
Producer name: BIOG37150 Print made by:Marcantonio |
Production date: 1500-1527

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.830 |
Producer name: BIOG49764 Print made by:Claude Vignon |
Production date: 1638-1670

print

Title: The twelve Patriarchs |
Museum number: 1870,0625.685 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dirk Volkertsz CoornhertAfter:Maarten van Heemskerck |
Production date: 1550

print

Title: Dialectique |
Museum number: 1870,0625.794 |
Producer name: BIOG24906 Print made by:Étienne Delaune |
Production date: 1569

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.83 |
Producer name: BIOG34252 Print made by:Ludwig Krug |
Production date: 1510-1532

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.835 |
Producer name: BIOG16948 Print made by:Agostino Veneziano |
Production date: 1510-1527

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.582 |
Producer name: Print made by:James McArdellAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1742-1765

print

Title: The Good Samaritan |
Museum number: 1870,0625.450 |
Producer name: BIOG49135 Print made by:Jonas Umbach |
Production date: 1645-1700

print

Title: The satirical Passion |
Museum number: 1870,0625.931 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarAfter:Hans Holbein the Younger |
Production date: 1644-1652

print

Title: Pièces gravées d'après les tableaux de la gallerie impériale royale de Vienne |
Museum number: 1870,0625.85 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob MännlAfter:Jacopo Tintoretto |
Production date: 1675-1700

print

Title: The satirical Passion |
Museum number: 1870,0625.926 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarAfter:Hans Holbein the Younger |
Production date: 1644-1652

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.416 |
Producer name: BIOG47514 Print made by:Veit Stoss |
Production date: 1500-1505

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