Landscape with a Road to a Castle on an Island in a River

Landscape with a Road to a Castle on an Island in a River — Hanns Lautensack. 1554.

Medium: etching. Dimensions: Image: 17 x 11.9 cm (6 11/16 x 4 11/16 in.); Sheet: 17 x 11.9 cm (6 11/16 x 4 11/16 in.).

Collection record: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Like Augustin Hirschvogel, Hanns Lautensack populated his images with traces of human activity that serve to characterize the features of the land rather than suggest a narrative. In several of his etchings, Lautensack used a vertical, rather than horizontal, format, emphasizing the strong verticals of mountainous terrain. This verticality was a particular feature of artists working in the Danube River valley and not often repeated by landscape artists in later centuries.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.