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Augustin Hirschvogel
1503 – 1553
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryAugustin Hirschvogel 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.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
January 1, 1503
Nuremberg
Date of death
March 5, 1553
Vienna
Citizenship
Germany
Occupations & fields
mathematiciancartographerpaintermedalisthandicrafterdraftsperson
- Field and occupation
- německý umělec, rytec, matematik a kartograf
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