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Print, Ornamental Candelabrum
This is a Print. It was created by Daniel Hopfer. It is dated 1520 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on white laid paper, lined. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
Hopfer, who began his career as a decorative designer for armor, is considered to be the first master of etching on paper. He etched many ornamental designs, which were frequently indebted to other artists, including the printmaker Giovanni Antonio da Brescia. By subjecting borrowed elements to his own inventive style, Hopfer became one of handful of printmakers to contribute to the emergence of Italianate ornamental design in northern Europe early in the 16th century.
This object was
donated by
Advisory Council.
It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- Print, Ornament with Mask and Grotesque Figures
- engraving on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1945-59-1
- Print, Grotesque with Dolphins and Winged Lions
- engraving on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
- 1944-82-1-a
- Print, Ornamental Design
- engraving on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1944-76-1
Our curators have highlighted 11 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Print, Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)
- etching on laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-153-4
- Print, Plate 55 from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Book of Grotesques)
- engraving on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop.
- 1957-162-38
- Drawing, Design for the East Portal, Grand Gallery, Villa Albani, Rome, Italy
- pen and brown ink, brush and brown, gray wash, black chalk on cream laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-485
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 30 × 12.5 cm (11 13/16 × 4 15/16 in.) Platemark: 27.2 x 10 cm (10 11/16 x 3 15/16 in.) Mat: 31.1 × 15.1 cm (12 1/4 × 5 15/16 in.)
It is inscribed
Engraved in plate, upper right: 3 Engraved in plate, lower center: DH / 8 Inscribed in plate by later hand, (identified in l944 by Richard Wunder as David Funck), bottom center: 8
Cite this object as
Print, Ornamental Candelabrum; Daniel Hopfer (German, 1470 - 1536); Germany; etching on white laid paper, lined; H x W x D: 30 × 12.5 cm (11 13/16 × 4 15/16 in.) Platemark: 27.2 x 10 cm (10 11/16 x 3 15/16 in.) Mat: 31.1 × 15.1 cm (12 1/4 × 5 15/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-25
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.
