Landscape with the Conversion of Saint Paul

1545

Augustin Hirschvogel

Associated Names
Augustin Hirschvogel

Artist, German, 1503 - 1553

The image shows a panoramic landscape view from an elevated position. The horizon consists of hills and rolling landscapes with small architectural structures scattered. On the left, there are buildings with pitched roofs surrounded by trees. There are trees, grass patches, and a fenced path leading into the landscape. In the center, there is a distinct tree with textured bark. Toward the right, there is a large stone structure on a rocky elevation. The drawing style is detailed, resembling an etching. A cloud on the right has lines extending downward. The color palette is monochrome, using black ink on a white background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1950.1.79

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schwarz 1917, no. 77, State only

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1959

  • Old Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Brown University, Providence, RI, 1959.

1962

  • The Saints in Prints & Illuminations from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, The Art Gallery of the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 1962-1963, no. 33.

1969

  • Prints and drawings of the Danube School; an exhibition of South German and Austrian graphic art of 1500 to 1560, Yale University Art Gallery, City Art Museum of St. Louis, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1969-1970, no. 98, repro.

1979

  • Early German Drawings & Prints: Two Recent Acquisitions and Related Works, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1979, no. 30.

Bibliography

1917

  • Schwarz, Karl. Augustin Hirschvogel: Ein deutscher Meister der Renaissance. Berlin: Julius Bard, 1917. Reprint. 2 vols. New York: Collectors Editions, 1971. Schwarz, as Bartsch before him, listed Hirschvogel'sse

Wikidata ID

Q65070919

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