Exhibition of Renaissance hunting drawings linked to Budapest World Hunting Expo

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Exhibition featuring 53 Renaissance drawings from German graphic artist and stained-glass painter Augustin Hirschvogel Photo: MTI/Mohai Balázs

An exhibition featuring 53 Renaissance drawings of hunting scenes by 16th-century German graphic artist and stained-glass painter Augustin Hirschvogel will open in Budapest’s Museum of Fine Arts on Saturday.

The exhibition is a fringe event of World of Hunting and Nature expo to be hosted by Budapest from September 25 to October 14 under the motto “One with Nature”.

: Exhibition featuring 53 Renaissance drawings from German graphic artist and stained-glass painter Augustin Hirschvogel Photo: MTI/Mohai Balázs

: Exhibition featuring 53 Renaissance drawings from German graphic artist and stained-glass painter Augustin Hirschvogel Photo: MTI/Mohai Balázs

As Hirschvogel’s drawings precisely document the hunting methods and depict the weapons, clothes, fauna and society of that age in exquisite detail, deputy director Annamária Vigh told reporters on Friday.

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: Augustin Hirschvogel’s other works Photo: Wikimedia Commons

: Augustin Hirschvogel’s other works Photo: Wikimedia Commons / National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.

You can also find many of his work on the British Museum’s website HERE.

The exhibition, the first one of the full 53-piece series, also features reproductions of the eight stained-glass windows based on the drawings, Curator Szilvia Bodnár said.