Castle on a Hilltop
Hanns Lautensack
1553
Medium
Etching on paper
Dimensions
12 × 17.5 cm (4 3/4 × 6 15/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
102685
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Hanns Lautensack · 1515–1566
Hanns Lautensack, born in 1524 in Bamberg, Germany, was the son of Paul Lautensack, a noted painter and organist. Alongside his brother Heinrich, a goldsmith, the family relocated to Nuremberg in 1527, where Hanns immersed himself in the vibrant artistic milieu of the city. There, he likely apprenticed with a goldsmith, honing skills in fine metalwork that informed his precise etching technique, t...