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Daniel Hopfer

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WA-00119851

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LocationArtsy· 85%
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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/chndm_1951-174-5
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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Why this artist matters now

Daniel Hopfer was a German artist who is widely believed to have been the first to use etching in printmaking, at the end of the 15th century. He also worked in woodcut. Although his etchings were widely ignored by art historians for years, more recent scholarship is crediting him and his work with "single-handedly establishing the salability of etchings" and introducing the print publisher business model.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (16)

Close Helmet for the Tourney

1552 · Steel, leather, brass

H. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm); W. 8 5/16 in. (21.1 cm); D. 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm); Wt. 6 lb. 3 oz. (2797 g)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Illustrations to Proverbs 10: 4-7

1534 · Etching; first state of two

sheet: 8 3/8 x 11 5/16 in. (21.3 x 28.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Illustration to Proverbs 11: 26

1534 · Etching; second state of four

sheet: 7 15/16 x 10 13/16 in. (20.2 x 27.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Bacchanal with a Wine Vat

1528 · Etching on ivory laid paper

21.4 × 28.5 cm (8 7/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ornament with Arabesques

1526 · Etching in black on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 25.8 × 18.9 cm (10 3/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Sheet: 26.8 × 19.9 cm (10 9/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Different Scenes from the Gospels and from Acta Aposotolorum

1525 · Etching; second state of two

sheet: 11 5/8 x 15 1/2 in. (29.5 x 39.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Interior of the Church of Saint Katherine’s with the Parable of the Mote and the Beam

1525 · Etching; first state of two

plate: 11 5/8 x 7 11/16 in. (29.5 x 19.6 cm) sheet: 13 x 10 3/16 in. (33 x 25.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Martin Luther

1523 · Etching in black on ivory laid paper

Plate: 23 × 15.6 cm (9 1/16 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 23.4 × 15.9 cm (9 1/4 × 6 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Three Turkish Soldiers (Cavalrymen)

1520 · Etching on paper

22.4 × 15.3 cm (8 7/8 × 6 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Christ Testifying his Mission

1515 · Etching; first state of two

sheet: 8 9/16 x 6 in. (21.7 x 15.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Sudarium Held by Two Angels

1510 · Etching with tone; third state of three

sheet: 3 3/8 x 4 3/4 in. (8.5 x 12.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Apostolische geloofsbelijdenis

1504 · etching on paper

height: 307 cm, width: 219 cm

Rijksmuseum

Portret van Maximiliaan I als de heilige Joris

1493 · etching on paper

width: 156 cm, height: 225 cm

Rijksmuseum

Five German Soldiers

1490 · Etching in black on buff laid paper

Image/plate: 20.2 × 37.7 cm (8 × 14 7/8 in.); Sheet: 23.7 × 41.2 cm (9 3/8 × 16 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Jesus Christ Parting from the Virgin to go and Suffer Death

1490 · Etching in black on cream laid paper

Plate: 28.7 × 21.7 cm (11 5/16 × 8 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Church Enthroned

1490 · Etching in black on cream laid paper

Image/plate/sheet: 22.9 × 15.9 cm (9 1/16 × 6 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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16 published of 16 catalogued · 16 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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The Met
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Rijksmuseum
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Portret van Maximiliaan I als de heilige Joris
1493 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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