Hirschvogel, Augustin#

b. Nuremberg (Germany), 1503, d. Vienna, Feb. 1553, copper engraver, etcher, glass painter, gem cutter, geometrician and cartographer; one of the most versatile artists in the 16th century, son of the glass painter Veit H. the Elder from Nuremberg; probably worked in his father's workshop until 1525. In 1536 went to Ljubljana, undertook extensive journeys to produce cartographic works for the court, produced a map of Austria (1542), Carinthia and Carniola (1544) for Emperor Ferdinand I. From 1544 worked in Vienna as an etcher. His main works include precise topographical profile views of Vienna and a map of the city of Vienna (1547, now in the Historical Museum of the City of Vienna), which he created by employing triangulation, a process he himself developed.

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