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Panoramic View of Nuremberg

Hanns Lautensack

1552

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

Renaissance Renaissance Cityscape

Dominant colour

Panoramic View of Nuremberg is a 1552 by Hanns Lautensack, a Renaissance work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.

Who painted this?: Hanns Lautensack
When & what style?: 1552 · Renaissance
Where can I see it?: Cleveland Museum of Art

About this work

This is a black-and-white drawing of a long, flat cityscape. Buildings line a river, with ships and fields in the foreground. The top has fancy text and a coat of arms. It looks like a map, but with extra detail—people, animals, and even tiny trees are drawn in. This was made as a gift for a local ruler in 1552. The artist included a lot of small, precise marks to show depth, which was a common trick back then. Look up Renaissance to see how artists used these kinds of details.