Bolinka and Marcolfus
late 15th–early 16th century
Medium
Etching; fourth state of four
Dimensions
sheet: 9 5/8 x 8 3/4 in. (24.4 x 22.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession Number
51.501.396
Tags
About the Artist
Daniel Hopfer|Hans Weiditz the Younger · 1471–1536
Daniel Hopfer (c. 1470–1536), born in Kaufbeuren, was the son of the painter Bartholomäus Hopfer and Anna Sendlerin. He relocated early to Augsburg, becoming a citizen and master painter there in 1493, and trained as an etcher of armor in this thriving center of arms production. By 1505, he owned a house in the city center and served on the guild committee for smiths, which encompassed painters an...