Roundel with Netting Quail
Augustin Hirschvogel
16th century
Medium
Colorless glass, vitreous paint, silver stain and cold enamel
Dimensions
Overall: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)
Classification
Glass-Stained
Culture
German
Department
The Cloisters
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Cloisters Collection, 1979
Accession Number
1979.185
Tags
BullsBirdsHuntingLandscapes
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. ...