Large Choirstall with Christ Blessing the Virgin
Daniel Hopfer
ca. 1518–20
Medium
Etching; first state of two
Dimensions
sheet: 11 1/2 x 17 5/16 in. (29.2 x 44 cm) (all three plates)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928
Accession Number
28.98.48
Tags
MenWomenChristVirgin MarySaintsAngels
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...