Hilltop Castles

c. 1546

Augustin Hirschvogel

Artist, German, 1503 - 1553

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 18 x 29 cm (7 1/16 x 11 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2001.34.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Princes of Liechtenstein, Vaduz (Lugt 4398). Curtis O. Baer [1898-1976], Atlanta, by 1958; by descent in the family; (Jill Newhouse, New York); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1958

  • Drawings from the Collection of Curtis O. Baer, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 1958, no. 55 (as German, Early 16th Century)(cat. by Agnes Mongan).

1985

  • Master Drawings from Titian to Picasso, The Curtis O. Baer Collection, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, and tour, 1985, no. 25 (as German, Early 16th century)(cat. by Eric Zafran).

2004

  • Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: 81; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 2015

Markings

high crown, close to Briquet 4952

Wikidata ID

Q64536966

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