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Daniel Hopfer

79 works

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Engraving of Christ among a crowd beneath an arcade with angels, with a German text cartouche above.

Christ Sermonizing on the Bread from Heaven

ca. 1520

Engraving of haloed Christ among disciples under an arcade, with cherubs and a German inscription above.

Christ Testifying his Mission

ca. 1520

Three-part etching of a feast, a wealthy man with a skeleton and devil counting coins, and a poor hut scene with inscriptions

Illustrations to Proverbs 10: 1-3

ca. 1534

Etching in two rows of scenes with German verses: harvesters, a sleeping man, scales, a beheading and a hanging.

Illustrations to Proverbs 10: 4-7

1534

Etching of grain merchants at a town market, with a demon above a fat hoarder and a sunburst with a bird at right.

Illustration to Proverbs 11: 26

1534

Engraving of a bearded face on a draped cloth held by two angels, surrounded by foliage, fruit, and a column.

The Sudarium Held by Two Angels

ca. 1515

Engraved print with six panels of German text and biblical scenes, including a feast, crowds, soldiers and a city landscape.

Different Scenes, from the Gospels and from Acta Apostolorum

ca. 1530

Six-panel etching of biblical scenes with haloed figures, a feast table, soldiers, and German text blocks.

Different Scenes from the Gospels and from Acta Aposotolorum

ca. 1530

Engraving of a haloed Christ standing triumphantly over a skeleton and serpent, with angels, chained damned souls and German

The Triumphant Christ

ca. 1530-36

Etching of the Virgin and Child at left with winged angels dancing in a line across a landscape with a castle.

Virgin and Child with Angels Dancing in a Landscape

1530s

Engraving of three armored men labeled Hector, Alexander, and Julius Caesar, each with a heraldic shield, standing on grass.

Three Worthy Pagans: Hector, Alexander the Great, and Julius Caesar

ca. 1516

Engraving of three armored knights with swords and shields, labeled as Charlemagne, King Arthur and Geoffrey of Bouillon.

Three Worthy Christians: Charlemagne, King Arthur, and Geoffrey of Bouillon

ca. 1516

Engraving of morris dancers with a central woman holding a staff and jug, surrounded by musicians and dancing figures.

Morris Dancers

late 15th-early 16th century

Portrait of Emperor Charles V

ca. 1519

Portrait of Martin Luther

1523

Black-and-white print of interlacing scrolling foliage, thistle leaves and birds in dense cross-hatched ornament.

Ornamental Fillet with Thistle Motifs

1510-28

Etched print of decorative capital alphabet letters A to Z filled with dense scrolling foliage, birds and small animals.

Roman Majuscule Alphabet

ca. 1520

Woodcut title page with ornate foliage, putti and grotesque figures framing German black-letter text, dated 1525.

Title-Page Border

1525

Woodcut title page with ornate black foliage border framing red and black Latin text, Sermones et varii Tractatus.

Border

1518

Etching of three German soldiers in slashed costume with swords and pole weapons, standing among flowering plants.

Three German Soldiers

n.d.

Etching of five German soldiers in armor and plumed hats, with a flute player, a drummer, and a small dog at the feet.

Five German Soldiers

ca 1520-1536

Engraving of two grotesque walking figures, one with a leafy wreath and one with a bird's nest and bells on his head.

Bolinka and Marcolfus

late 15th-early 16th century

Etching of four biblical scenes with German inscriptions, showing armed men, fighting figures, houses, trees and devils.

Scenes from Matthew 10: 34-38

1490-1536

Engraved ornamental pattern of interlacing scrolls, thistle leaves, flowers and birds on a dark ground.

Ornamentblad met distelmotieven

1490

Etched decorative panel with arabesque scrolls, flowers and a winged griffin walking at lower right.

Vlakdecoratie met een griffioen en arabesken

1480

Etched ornamental panel with acanthus scrolls, a winged putto, a sea horse, flowers and a fruit basket.

Vlakdecoratie met een zeepaard

1480

Two vertical ornamental etched panels with candelabra, griffins, putti, satyrs and scrollwork in black on pale paper.

Kandelabers met grotesken

1480

Etched ceiling ornament with four quadrants of scrollwork, foliage, a mermaid, birds and a central cherub roundel.

Plafonddecoratie

1480

Print of the alphabet A to Z in large serif capitals on a densely decorated background of scrolls and foliage.

Alfabet tegen een gedecoreerde achtergrond

1490

Three vertical decorative panels with light foliage, flowers and urn vases on dark ground, etched ornament print.

Ornament for Dagger Sheath

Engraved print of two ornate candelabrum designs with scrollwork, putti, and figural reliefs on pedestals.

Two Candelabrum Designs

Engraving of a soldier in armor embracing a woman with long curly hair beneath an apple tree, with a fence behind.

Soldier Embracing a Woman

1530