The Greatest German Living
by Ricky Jay, Whose Peregrinations in Search of the "Little Man of Nuremberg" are herein Revealed
- Author(s)
- Ricky Jay
- Publication
- Catskill, NY : Siglio Press, 2016
- Scope
- 152 Pages, illustrated, 25 cm.
- ISBN
- 9781938221125
Matthias Buchinger (1674-1739) performed on more than a half-dozen musical instruments, some of his own invention. He exhibited trick shots with pistols, swords and bowling. He danced the hornpipe and deceived audiences with his skill in magic. He was a remarkable calligrapher specializing in micrography—precise handsome letters almost impossible to view with the naked eye—and he drew portraits, coats of arms, landscapes and family trees, many commissioned by royalty. Amazingly, Matthias Buchinger was just twenty-nine inches tall, and born without legs or arms. Publication by Ricky Jay, Whose Peregrinations in Search of the "Little Man of Nuremberg" are Herein Revealed, on the occasion of the exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Wordplay: Matthias Buchinger’s Inventive Drawings from the Collection of Ricky Jay, January 8 – April 11, 2016.
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