Triumphal Altar with Stages in the Life of Christ
1518
Medium
etching (iron) with open biting, plate bitten twice, on 2 joined sheets of laid paper
Dimensions
sheet (joined): 62.5 x 21.6 cm (24 5/8 x 8 1/2 in.) sheet (top): 32 x 17.3 cm (12 5/8 x 6 13/16 in.) sheet (bottom): 30.7 x 21.6 cm (12 1/16 x 8 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1998.51.1
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...