Ornament for Dagger Sheath
Daniel Hopfer
c. 1515
Medium
etching (iron) with open biting
Dimensions
plate: 13.6 x 9 cm (5 3/8 x 3 9/16 in.) sheet: 23.3 x 15.6 cm (9 3/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1979.44.5
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...