Landscape
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 1 9/16 x 3 7/16 in. (4 x 8.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Felix M. Warburg and his Family, 1941
Accession Number
41.1.166
Tags
Art Historical Context
Created in 1545 by German artist Augustin Hirschvogel, this delicate etching captures the quiet beauty of a natural landscape featuring bridges, mountains, and trees. Hirschvogel, active during the Renaissance, was among the early masters of landscape printmaking, shifting focus from religious themes toward the expressive potential of the natural world. Working in Nuremberg and later Vienna, he produced numerous small-scale etchings that invited viewers to contemplate idealized scenery. The medium of etching allowed Hirschvogel to achieve fine, atmospheric lines that convey depth and texture ...
About the Artist
Augustin Hirschvogel · 1503–1553
Augustin Hirschvogel (1503–1553) was born in Nuremberg into a prominent family of stained-glass painters who dominated the city's glass workshops during the late 15th and early 16th centuries. The son of Veit Hirschvogel the Elder (1461–1525), Nuremberg's official glazier who executed designs after Albrecht Dürer and Hans von Kulmbach, Augustin trained as a glass painter in his father's workshop. ...