Two Candelabrum Designs
Daniel Hopfer
c. 1530; printed 1684
Medium
etching (iron)
Dimensions
plate: 22.2 x 18.8 cm (8 3/4 x 7 3/8 in.) sheet: 28.5 x 21.8 cm (11 1/4 x 8 9/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1979.44.6
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...