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22: 79: 164: 75:, 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. 209:
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
202:(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 368: 393: 97:), returning to Nuremberg in 1543. During this period he produced his earliest known work as a cartographer: maps of Turkish borders (1539) and of 388: 190: 373: 102: 184:, and book ornamentation. He was among the first etchers to use copper rather than iron plates. He contributed 23 etchings to 67:, where he was trained in glass painting by his father, Veit Hirschvogel the elder (1461–1525), who was the city's official 363: 141: 120:
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
332:. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 10 August 2007. 323:Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 167:Castle yard, c. 1546. Etching, 140 × 213 mm, 8: 18:16th-century German artist and cartographer 293:Webster, Charles (Dec. 1998). "Review ". 148:; Ferdinand granted him a pension of 100 71:painter. In 1525, Nuremberg accepted the 328:Peters, Jane S. "Augustin Hirschvogel." 246:Jane S. Peters, "Augustin Hirschvogel". 214:'s work. His art shows the influence of 162: 261:"Augustin Hirschvogel | Landscape" 239: 206:, but this attribution is not certain. 47:, a circle of artists in 16th-century 7: 369:16th-century German mathematicians 14: 63:He began work in his birthplace, 394:16th-century German male writers 191:Rerum Moscoviticarum Commentarii 1: 26:Self Portrait as Cartographer 101:(1542), the latter made for 389:16th-century German writers 155:He died in Vienna in 1553. 410: 196:Notes on Muscovite Affairs 186:Sigismund von Herberstein 111:Imperial Court of Vienna 39:known primarily for his 325:, 22 (1): pp. 2–7. 169:National Gallery of Art 374:Artists from Nuremberg 344:(4): 359–392, 429–435. 172: 105:. His commissions for 86: 73:Protestant Reformation 29: 166: 81: 24: 364:German cartographers 33:Augustin Hirschvogel 284:Peters (1979), 359. 188:'s 1549 edition of 359:German printmakers 220:Albrecht Altdorfer 173: 87: 30: 265:www.metmuseum.org 116:With his move to 401: 345: 330:Grove Art Online 309: 306: 300: 299:, 89(4), 720–21. 291: 285: 282: 276: 275: 273: 271: 257: 251: 248:Grove Art Online 244: 409: 408: 404: 403: 402: 400: 399: 398: 349: 348: 338:Master Drawings 335: 318: 313: 312: 307: 303: 292: 288: 283: 279: 269: 267: 259: 258: 254: 245: 241: 236: 161: 126:Siege of Vienna 93:in present-day 61: 19: 12: 11: 5: 407: 405: 397: 396: 391: 386: 381: 376: 371: 366: 361: 351: 350: 347: 346: 333: 326: 317: 314: 311: 310: 301: 286: 277: 252: 238: 237: 235: 232: 228:Hans Burgkmair 216:Albrecht Dürer 160: 157: 132:, a system of 83:Map of Austria 60: 57: 17: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 406: 395: 392: 390: 387: 385: 382: 380: 377: 375: 372: 370: 367: 365: 362: 360: 357: 356: 354: 343: 339: 334: 331: 327: 324: 320: 319: 315: 305: 302: 298: 297: 290: 287: 281: 278: 266: 262: 256: 253: 249: 243: 240: 233: 231: 229: 225: 221: 217: 213: 207: 205: 201: 200:Péter Perényi 197: 193: 192: 187: 183: 179: 170: 165: 158: 156: 153: 151: 147: 143: 139: 135: 131: 130:triangulation 127: 123: 119: 114: 112: 108: 104: 100: 96: 92: 84: 80: 76: 74: 70: 69:stained glass 66: 58: 56: 54: 50: 46: 45:Danube School 42: 38: 34: 27: 23: 16: 341: 337: 322: 304: 294: 289: 280: 268:. Retrieved 264: 255: 247: 242: 224:Sebald Beham 208: 195: 189: 174: 171:, Washington 154: 115: 88: 82: 62: 37:cartographer 32: 31: 25: 15: 384:1553 deaths 379:1503 births 182:cartography 178:portraiture 103:Ferdinand I 353:Categories 316:References 212:Wolf Huber 204:Paracelsus 142:Charles V 134:surveying 113:by 1543. 107:armorials 91:Ljubljana 65:Nuremberg 308:Koch, 2. 270:9 August 152:for it. 146:Augsburg 122:bastions 95:Slovenia 41:etchings 150:florins 140:and to 99:Austria 53:Austria 49:Bavaria 138:Prague 118:Vienna 85:, 1542 28:(1548) 234:Notes 159:Works 296:Isis 272:2021 59:Life 51:and 144:in 355:: 342:17 340:. 263:. 226:, 222:, 218:, 180:, 55:. 274:. 250:. 194:(

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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
Sigismund von Herberstein

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