Courtyard of a Castle, 1546

  • Augustin Hirschvogel, German, 1503-1569

Etching printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 5 1/2 × 8 1/8 inches (14 × 20.6 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S590

Signed and dated, in plate, lower left of image: [artist's monogram] | 1546

Watermark: circular device (Imperial Orb) Stamped, in blue, verso: K. F. F. von Nagler (Lugt 2529) Stamped, in black and brown, verso: Kuperferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin (Lugt 1606 and 2922) Stamped, verso: Scripps 1890 (Lugt Suppl. 2357a) [date added in ink to the stamp]

Inscribed, verso: [numeric notations and abbreviations]

K. F. F. von Nagler

Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen (Berlin, Germany). Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Augustin Hirschvogel, Courtyard of a Castle, 1546, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S590.