Ornament with Sirens and Ornament with Genius
Daniel Hopfer
c. 1505-1536; printed 1684
Medium
etching (iron) with open bite or sulphur tint for tone
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 14.8 x 8.8 cm (5 13/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1979.44.11
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...