Scenes from Matthew 10: 34-38
1490–1536
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 8 1/8 x 10 1/4 in. (20.7 x 26 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession Number
51.501.362
Tags
Art Historical Context
Daniel Hopner's *Scenes from Matthew 10: 34-38* is a striking early etching that vividly captures the turbulent message of Christ's words in the Gospel: "Do not suppose that I have come to peace to the earth. did not come to bring, but a sword." between 1490 and 1536 by the German artist and armorer from Augsburg, this print depicts dramatic scenes of battles, divided families, and clashing men amid houses, symbolizing the divisions faith can provoke. Hopner, active during the dawn of the Reformation, infused his work with religious intensity, reflecting the era's spiritual fervor. As one of ...
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...