Augsburg

Wenceslaus Hollar

National Gallery of Art

The image depicts a landscape dominated by a circular embankment with a row of buildings, city walls, and a church labeled "S. Ulrich" on the horizon. The cityscape is nestled behind a grassy mound with bushes. The illustration features precise black linework for the hillside and buildings, with various hatching and stippling techniques used for clouds and skies. The color palette includes shades of cream and black, typical of a monochromatic etching. Figures in period attire walk along a path circling the embankment, adding scale. In the distance, the cityscape with steeples and towers merges with the sky filled with stylized cumulus clouds.