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River Landscape with Five Bare Spruce Trees in the Foreground
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Within a decade, Augustin Hirschvogel and Hanns Lautensack were aware of the landscapes by Wolfgang Huber and Albrecht Altdorfer and began to expand their artistic vocabulary. Hirschvogel probably made this group of etchings after traveling down the Danube from Nuremberg, through Regensburg and Passau, to his residence in Vienna. The many buildings, cultivated fields, and roads emphasize human activity and its mark on the landscape but always in the service of articulating a particular topography. Hirschvogel’s etchings found an international audience, informing the development of the landscape genre as far away as Italy and the Netherlands.
| Artist / Maker | Augustin Hirschvogel |
|---|---|
| Date | 1549 |
| Culture / Origin | Germany |
| Medium | etching |
| Dimensions | Platemark: 14.5 x 17.3 cm (5 11/16 x 6 13/16 in.); Sheet: 14.9 x 17.7 cm (5 7/8 x 6 15/16 in.) |
| Department | Prints |
| Type |
About the Artist
BiographyAugustin Hirschvogel (1503–1553) — 16th century German artist, mathematician, and cartographer (1503-1553).Augustin Hirschvogel worked as mathematician, cartographer, painter, medalist and handicrafter and is associated with Germany. Their documented life spans the years 1503 to 1553, born in Nuremberg, died in Vienna. Their work is linked to German Renaissance.Disciplinesmathematician, cartographer, painter, medalist, handicrafterBorn1503, NurembergDied1553, ViennaNationalityGermanyMovementGerman RenaissanceSources: Wikidata · Wikipedia Full biography →
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Image & data: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 / Public Domain.
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