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33: 90: 175: 86:, putting an end to lavish stained glass commissions. Veit the elder's workshop was then being run by Augustin's elder brother Veit; their father died the same year. The younger Hirschvogel had his own workshop by 1530, and soon formed a partnership with the potters Oswald Reinhart and Hanns Nickel. 220:
His pen-and-ink landscapes have been described as "strong but light, sure but delicate". The lack of shadow in his landscapes contributes to a tranquil, idyllic mood. Almost 100 drawings are attributed to him; some are likely not his own, but are similar in style to his or
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Hirschvogel took up etching late in his career, and almost all of his prints date from the last decade of his life, when he resided in Vienna. His etchings, numbering about 300, "reflect his concern with Italianate problems of space, form, and ornament", and include
213:(1502–48). A series of 53 hunting scenes for stained glass are of questionable authorship, but Peters asserts that they are by Hirschvogel. Hirschvogel is credited with the single authentic portrait of the Swiss physician 379: 404: 108:), returning to Nuremberg in 1543. During this period he produced his earliest known work as a cartographer: maps of Turkish borders (1539) and of 399: 201: 384: 113: 195:, and book ornamentation. He was among the first etchers to use copper rather than iron plates. He contributed 23 etchings to 78:, where he was trained in glass painting by his father, Veit Hirschvogel the elder (1461–1525), who was the city's official 374: 152: 131:
in 1544, he rendered his services to the city, court, and citizenry. The city employed him in 1547 to develop designs for
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that Hirschvogel developed. Vienna's council sent him to explain his work to Ferdinand I in
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Koch, Robert A. (1963). "'Original or Copy?': Two Renaissance Landscape Drawings".
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Peters, Jane S. (Winter 1979). "Early Drawings by Augustin Hirschvogel".
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Hirschvogel left in 1536 for Laibach (the German name for
343:. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 10 August 2007. 334:Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 178:Castle yard, c. 1546. Etching, 140 × 213 mm, 8: 29:16th-century German artist and cartographer 304:Webster, Charles (Dec. 1998). "Review ". 159:; Ferdinand granted him a pension of 100 82:painter. In 1525, Nuremberg accepted the 339:Peters, Jane S. "Augustin Hirschvogel." 257:Jane S. Peters, "Augustin Hirschvogel". 225:'s work. His art shows the influence of 173: 272:"Augustin Hirschvogel | Landscape" 250: 217:, but this attribution is not certain. 58:, a circle of artists in 16th-century 7: 380:16th-century German mathematicians 25: 74:He began work in his birthplace, 405:16th-century German male writers 202:Rerum Moscoviticarum Commentarii 1: 37:Self Portrait as Cartographer 112:(1542), the latter made for 400:16th-century German writers 166:He died in Vienna in 1553. 421: 207:Notes on Muscovite Affairs 197:Sigismund von Herberstein 122:Imperial Court of Vienna 50:known primarily for his 336:, 22 (1): pp. 2–7. 180:National Gallery of Art 385:Artists from Nuremberg 355:(4): 359–392, 429–435. 183: 116:. His commissions for 97: 84:Protestant Reformation 40: 177: 92: 35: 375:German cartographers 44:Augustin Hirschvogel 295:Peters (1979), 359. 199:'s 1549 edition of 370:German printmakers 231:Albrecht Altdorfer 184: 98: 41: 276:www.metmuseum.org 127:With his move to 16:(Redirected from 412: 356: 341:Grove Art Online 320: 317: 311: 310:, 89(4), 720–21. 302: 296: 293: 287: 286: 284: 282: 268: 262: 259:Grove Art Online 255: 21: 420: 419: 415: 414: 413: 411: 410: 409: 360: 359: 349:Master Drawings 346: 329: 324: 323: 318: 314: 303: 299: 294: 290: 280: 278: 270: 269: 265: 256: 252: 247: 172: 137:Siege of Vienna 104:in present-day 72: 30: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 418: 416: 408: 407: 402: 397: 392: 387: 382: 377: 372: 362: 361: 358: 357: 344: 337: 328: 325: 322: 321: 312: 297: 288: 263: 249: 248: 246: 243: 239:Hans Burgkmair 227:Albrecht Dürer 171: 168: 143:, a system of 94:Map of Austria 71: 68: 28: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 417: 406: 403: 401: 398: 396: 393: 391: 388: 386: 383: 381: 378: 376: 373: 371: 368: 367: 365: 354: 350: 345: 342: 338: 335: 331: 330: 326: 316: 313: 309: 308: 301: 298: 292: 289: 277: 273: 267: 264: 260: 254: 251: 244: 242: 240: 236: 232: 228: 224: 218: 216: 212: 211:Péter Perényi 208: 204: 203: 198: 194: 190: 181: 176: 169: 167: 164: 162: 158: 154: 150: 146: 142: 141:triangulation 138: 134: 130: 125: 123: 119: 115: 111: 107: 103: 95: 91: 87: 85: 81: 80:stained glass 77: 69: 67: 65: 61: 57: 56:Danube School 53: 49: 45: 38: 34: 27: 19: 352: 348: 333: 315: 305: 300: 291: 279:. Retrieved 275: 266: 258: 253: 235:Sebald Beham 219: 206: 200: 185: 182:, Washington 165: 126: 99: 93: 73: 48:cartographer 43: 42: 36: 26: 395:1553 deaths 390:1503 births 193:cartography 189:portraiture 114:Ferdinand I 18:Hirschvogel 364:Categories 327:References 223:Wolf Huber 215:Paracelsus 153:Charles V 145:surveying 124:by 1543. 118:armorials 102:Ljubljana 76:Nuremberg 319:Koch, 2. 281:9 August 163:for it. 157:Augsburg 133:bastions 106:Slovenia 52:etchings 161:florins 151:and to 110:Austria 64:Austria 60:Bavaria 149:Prague 129:Vienna 96:, 1542 39:(1548) 245:Notes 170:Works 307:Isis 283:2021 70:Life 62:and 155:in 366:: 353:17 351:. 274:. 237:, 233:, 229:, 191:, 66:. 285:. 261:. 205:( 20:)

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Hirschvogel

cartographer
etchings
Danube School
Bavaria
Austria
Nuremberg
stained glass
Protestant Reformation

Ljubljana
Slovenia
Austria
Ferdinand I
armorials
Imperial Court of Vienna
Vienna
bastions
Siege of Vienna
triangulation
surveying
Prague
Charles V
Augsburg
florins

National Gallery of Art
portraiture
cartography

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