Rosina Helena Fürst — artist and engraver
- Creator(s):
- Fürst, Rosina Helena
- Title:
- Neues Modelbuch
- Publication/Origin:
- Nuremberg: Paulus Fürsten, Kunst-und Buchhändlern Seel. Wittib und Erben, 1689
- Description:
- Rosina Helena Fürst grew up in Nuremberg in a family of engravers and printers, as was often the case for women who became artists. Her sister Magdalena, also an artist, had been a student of Maria Sibylla Merian. Rosina Fürst drew and engraved the complex illustrations of lace and embroidery for this two-volume model book published by her father. Lace was used on linens as well as to adorn both men’s and women’s clothing. Model books for calligraphy, lace patterns, and needlework were typically used exhaustively by their owners, and as a result few survive. The richly engraved domestic scene on the half-title page depicts women engaged in the obviously social activity of lace-making.
- Citation:
- Fürst, Rosina Helena, Neues Modelbuch, Nuremberg: Paulus Fürsten, Kunst-und Buchhändlern Seel. Wittib und Erben, 1689, Lisa Unger Baskin Collection, Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University. Accessed April 18, 2024, https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/baskin/item/4011