Opera Hopferiana
Medium
bound volume with 92 iron etchings (reprints) by Daniel, Hieronymus, and Lambert Hopfer, with letterpress title page, introduction and index
Dimensions
book: 53.66 × 37.47 × 2.06 cm (21 1/8 × 14 3/4 × 13/16 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
William B. O'Neal Fund
Accession Number
2019.86.1
Art Historical Context
Step into the world of Renaissance printmaking with *Opera Hopferiana*, a remarkable bound volume from 1802 housed in the National Gallery of. Created by the innovative Hopfer family—Daniel, Hieronymus, and—this treasure contains 92 iron etchings, reprints of their original 16th-century works, by a letterpress title page, introduction and index. Measuring a substantial 53.66 × 37.47 × 2.06 cm, it visitors to explore the artistry of three generations of German engravers from Augsburg. Daniel Hopfer, the family patriarch (c. 1470–1536), is celebrated as the pioneer of etching on iron plates, a ...