Augustin Hirschvogel
Self-Portrait
1548
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 325 x 212 mm. (12 13/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
Plate: 266 x 150 mm. (10 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.8295
Inscribed: Recto: in image, upper left, in plate "FECI. ANNO. M.D.XXXXVIII"; in image, center left, in plate "CIRCVLVS MENSURAT OMNIA."; in image, lower center, in plate "HIC AVGVSTINI PICTA EST PICTORIS IMAGO / ILLE NOVEM POSTQVAVIXIT OLIMPIADAS."; below image, lower right, in graphite diamond with "31116"; below image, at lower edge of sheet, in graphite indecipherable inscription. Verso: lower left in brown ink "Augustin Hirschvogel. [indecipherable] p. 105."
Markings: CM: Claghorn WM: Fool's bauble
