Interior of the Church of Saint Katherine’s with the Parable of the Mote and the Beam
ca. 1530
Medium
Etching; first state of two
Dimensions
plate: 11 5/8 x 7 11/16 in. (29.5 x 19.6 cm) sheet: 13 x 10 3/16 in. (33 x 25.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1923
Accession Number
23.88.1
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
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...