Adam Dircksz

Adam Dircksz (active 1500–1530)[1] is the name ascribed by some art historians to a highly influential Dutch sculptor whose workshop is often attributed with the creation of around 60[1] of the c. 150 extant Gothic boxwood miniature micro-carvings.

According to the British Museum, Dircksz may have served "elite patrons in the circle of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, with a strong link to Delft.

[5] The more complex boxwood miniatures may have taken decades of work to complete, over a period equivalent to the entire career of a medieval master carver.

[3] Because of shared characteristics, including common use of horror vacui, approaches and use of depth,[10] as well as similar hinges and methods of construction,[11] the art historian Jaap Leeuwenberg suggests that production of a number of the miniatures was overseen by a single master named Adam Dircksz.

[16] Regardless of the number of works that Dircksz or his workshop can be attributed with, art historians often debate what the artistic and technical precedents for the miniatures might be.