Meester van het Amsterdamse Kabinet

This enigmatic maker of prints, drawings and paintings worked in the period around 1475 to 1500. He was the only printmaker at the time exclusively using the drypoint technique, which involves scratching directly into the copperplate with a sharp stylus or needle. The lively and humorous work of this artist depicted everything from biblical scenes to everyday life. Some of the illustrations were made by the artist in the medieval Hausbuch, earning him the nickname 'Master of the Housebook’. The other name given to him is ‘Master of the Amsterdam Cabinet’, because 80 of his 88 surviving prints are held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum Print Room.