Gesloten poort tot het kasteel (Alhambra) te Granada
Joris Hoefnagel
1561 - 1601
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 · 1542–1600
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...