Gesloten poort tot het kasteel (Alhambra) te Granada

Joris Hoefnagel

1561 - 1601

Gesloten poort tot het kasteel (Alhambra) te Granada by Joris Hoefnagel

Medium

brush

Dimensions

115; 122

About this artwork

De tekening is waarschijnlijk gebruikt voor Braun-Hogenberg dl. 5, pl. 14.

About the Artist

Joris Hoefnagel · 15421600

Joris Hoefnagel, also known as Georg Hoefnagel, was born in 1542 in Antwerp to Jacob Hoefnagel, a prosperous diamond and luxury goods dealer, and Elisabeth Vezelaer, daughter of the Antwerp mint master. Intended for the family trade, he received a humanistic education, mastering languages, poetry, and music, but pursued art as a self-taught draftsman and miniaturist, receiving his first lessons fr...

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