1545
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Landscape with a Village Church is a 1545 ink by Augustin Hirschvogel, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image shows a black-and-white scene of a small village with a church at its center. Tall trees with bare branches stand in the foreground, while houses and fields stretch out behind them. The church has a simple tower and a cross on top, and the whole scene looks slightly tilted, like it’s viewed from an angle. The artist used a technique that lets them scratch lines into a metal plate, then press ink into those grooves to make the print. This method creates a rough, textured look that feels almost hand-drawn. Next, check out etching to see how artists like this one made prints.
Augustin Hirschvogel (1503 – February 1553) was a German artist, mathematician, and cartographer known primarily for his etchings.
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