Interior of the Church of Saint Katherine’s with the Parable of the Mote and the Beam
Daniel Hopfer
ca. 1530
Medium
Etching; first state of two
Dimensions
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)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1923
Accession Number
23.88.1
Tags
ParablesInteriorsChurches
About the Artist
Daniel Hopfer · 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...