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Augustin Hirschvogel is considered one of the first artists in European art history to focus on landscape for its own sake. Landscape etchings by Hirschvogel, such as Courtyard of a Castle, are extremely rare, as there are only 35 known landscape images by the artist.

Source: News, April May June, 2008.


DimensionsSheet: 5 5/8 × 8 1/2 in. (14.3 × 21.6 cm)
Image: 5 1/2 × 8 3/8 in. (14 × 21.3 cm)
Accession Number 2007.13
Classificationsprint
CopyrightPublic Domain
SignedAH (l,l plate)
Inscriptions1546 (l,l plate)
Catalogue raisonnéBartsch 71; Hollstein 44, 14, 4, Schwartz 71
MarksAndreas Boerner, ca. 1860. Lugt 68 (stamp verso)
ProvenanceAndreas Boerner, ca. 1860. August Laube, Zürich, Switzerland; Des Moines Art Center [purchased from the previous, 2007]
Courtyard of a castle
Photo Credit: Richard Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Richard Sanders, Des Moines