!!!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.

!Literature
M. Forster, Die Landschaftsradierungen des A. H., 
doctoral thesis, Vienna 1973; NDB.



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