1545
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
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 town with a church steeple rising in the center, surrounded by winding roads and small buildings. Tall, bare trees stand in the foreground, their branches twisting against a pale blue sky. The whole scene is drawn with fine, dark lines, giving it a sketchy, almost ghostly look. The blue paper makes the black ink pop, which was a rare choice for etchings at the time. This technique was tricky—artists had to press hard to make the lines show up. If you like this style, look up etching to see how it works.
Augustin Hirschvogel (1503 – February 1553) was a German artist, mathematician, and cartographer known primarily for his etchings.
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