Portrait of Lienhard Hirschvogel
The man sits in a quiet, heavy stillness, his gaze directed slightly away from the viewer toward an unseen point to the right. He is Lienhard Hirschvogel, a merchant of Nuremberg, and he carries the weight of his status in the very fabric of his being. The light enters from the upper left, brushing against the high ridge of his forehead and the bridge of his nose, leaving the right…









