Augustin Hirschvogel (1503 – February 1553) was a German artist, mathematician, and cartographer known primarily for his etchings. His thirty-five small landscape etchings, made between 1545 and 1549, assured him a place in the Danube School, a circle of artists in 16th-century Bavaria and Austria.
He began work in his birthplace, Nuremberg, where he was trained in glass painting by his father, Veit Hirschvogel the elder (1461–1525), who was the city's official stained glass painter. In 1525, Nuremberg accepted the Protestant Reformation, 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.[citation needed]
Map of Austria, 1542.
Hirschvogel left in 1536 for Laibach (the German name for Ljubljana in present-day Slovenia), returning to Nuremberg in 1543. During this period he produced his earliest known work as a cartographer: maps of Turkish borders (1539) and of Austria (1542), the latter made for Ferdinand I. His commissions for armorials (for Franz Igelshofer and Christoph Khevenhüller) show that he had been in contact with the Imperial Court of Vienna by 1543.
With his move to Vienna in 1544, he rendered his services to the city, court, and citizenry. The city employed him in 1547 to develop designs for bastions, to create etched views of Vienna, and to produce a plan for the city following the Siege of Vienna. These views were the first ever rendered according to scale, and the circular city plan was the first ever produced by triangulation, a system of surveying that Hirschvogel developed.[1] Vienna's council sent him to explain his work to Ferdinand I in Prague and to Charles V in Augsburg; Ferdinand granted him a pension of 100 florins for it.
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",[3] and include portraiture, cartography, and book ornamentation. He was among the first etchers to use copper rather than iron plates. He contributed 23 etchings to Sigismund von Herberstein's 1549 edition of Rerum Moscoviticarum Commentarii (Notes on Muscovite Affairs), and more than 100 Old and New Testament illustrations for the verses of Hungarian reformer Péter Perényi (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 Paracelsus, but this attribution is not certain.[4]
His pen-and-ink landscapes have been described as "strong but light, sure but delicate".[5] 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 Wolf Huber's work. His art shows the influence of Albrecht Dürer, Albrecht Altdorfer, Sebald Beham, Hans Burgkmair, and Agostino del Musi—some of whom had provided his father's workshop with designs.
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Koch, Robert A. (1963). "'Original or Copy?': Two Renaissance Landscape Drawings". Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University, 22 (1): pp. 2–7.
Peters, Jane S. "Augustin Hirschvogel." Grove Art Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 10 August 2007.
Peters, Jane S. (Winter 1979). "Early Drawings by Augustin Hirschvogel". Master Drawings. 17 (4): 359–392, 429–435.
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augustin, hirschvogel, 1503, february, 1553, german, artist, mathematician, cartographer, known, primarily, etchings, thirty, five, small, landscape, etchings, made, between, 1545, 1549, assured, place, danube, school, circle, artists, 16th, century, bavaria, . Augustin Hirschvogel 1503 February 1553 was a German artist mathematician and cartographer known primarily for his etchings His thirty five small landscape etchings made between 1545 and 1549 assured him a place in the Danube School a circle of artists in 16th century Bavaria and Austria Self Portrait as Cartographer 1548 Contents 1 Life 2 Works 3 Notes 4 ReferencesLife EditHe began work in his birthplace Nuremberg where he was trained in glass painting by his father Veit Hirschvogel the elder 1461 1525 who was the city s official stained glass painter In 1525 Nuremberg accepted the Protestant Reformation 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 citation needed Map of Austria 1542 Hirschvogel left in 1536 for Laibach the German name for Ljubljana in present day Slovenia returning to Nuremberg in 1543 During this period he produced his earliest known work as a cartographer maps of Turkish borders 1539 and of Austria 1542 the latter made for Ferdinand I His commissions for armorials for Franz Igelshofer and Christoph Khevenhuller show that he had been in contact with the Imperial Court of Vienna by 1543 With his move to Vienna in 1544 he rendered his services to the city court and citizenry The city employed him in 1547 to develop designs for bastions to create etched views of Vienna and to produce a plan for the city following the Siege of Vienna These views were the first ever rendered according to scale and the circular city plan was the first ever produced by triangulation a system of surveying that Hirschvogel developed 1 Vienna s council sent him to explain his work to Ferdinand I in Prague and to Charles V in Augsburg Ferdinand granted him a pension of 100 florins for it He died in Vienna in 1553 2 Works Edit Castle yard c 1546 Etching 140 213 mm National Gallery of Art Washington 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 3 and include portraiture cartography and book ornamentation He was among the first etchers to use copper rather than iron plates He contributed 23 etchings to Sigismund von Herberstein s 1549 edition of Rerum Moscoviticarum Commentarii Notes on Muscovite Affairs and more than 100 Old and New Testament illustrations for the verses of Hungarian reformer Peter Perenyi 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 Paracelsus but this attribution is not certain 4 His pen and ink landscapes have been described as strong but light sure but delicate 5 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 Wolf Huber s work His art shows the influence of Albrecht Durer Albrecht Altdorfer Sebald Beham Hans Burgkmair and Agostino del Musi some of whom had provided his father s workshop with designs Notes Edit Jane S Peters Augustin Hirschvogel Grove Art Online www metmuseum org https www metmuseum org art collection search 408543 Retrieved 9 August 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help Peters 1979 359 Webster Charles Dec 1998 Review of Paracelsus by Udo Benzenhofer Isis 89 4 720 21 Koch 2 References Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Augustin Hirschvogel Koch Robert A 1963 Original or Copy Two Renaissance Landscape Drawings Record of the Art Museum Princeton University 22 1 pp 2 7 Peters Jane S Augustin Hirschvogel Grove Art Online Oxford University Press Retrieved 10 August 2007 Peters Jane S Winter 1979 Early Drawings by Augustin Hirschvogel Master Drawings 17 4 359 392 429 435 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Augustin Hirschvogel amp oldid 1109497024, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
