Paper worth more than paintings?!

What can you make with just paper and scissors? ✂️ Forget paint and canvas; in the 17th and 18th centuries, breathtaking worlds were created using nothing more than scissors, knives, and sheets of paper.  Knipkunst (the Dutch art of paper cutting) turned fragile paper into palaces, gardens, and floral pieces so intricate they rivalled the finest paintings. Among its masters was Elisabeth Rijbergh, once celebrated across Europe but later forgotten. Now, thanks to new research and conservation, her extraordinary works are shining again. Step into her paper worlds, crafted literally on the cutting edge. ✨ ✂️ Elisabeth Rijbergh, Landscape with Animals, c. 1695 - c. 1700 ✂️ Elisabeth Rijbergh, Boy at a Vase of Flowers, 1701 ✂️ Elisabeth Rijbergh, Honselaarsdijk Palace, in or before 1698 #rijksmuseum #amsterdam #arthistory