The Nativity
| Reference: | S6786 |
| Author | Hieronimus HOPFER |
| Year: | 1550 ca. |
| Measures: | 158 x 223 mm |
€1,000.00
| Reference: | S6786 |
| Author | Hieronimus HOPFER |
| Year: | 1550 ca. |
| Measures: | 158 x 223 mm |
€1,000.00
Description
The Nativity; reverse copy after Dürer's engraving (Meder 2) Mary and the Christ Child in the dilapidated half-timber building on r, Joseph at the well in the courtyard on left.
Etching on iron, Signed on a tablet, upper right: 'I.H'.
Example in the second state of three with the number 12 added at upper left.
Magnificent proof, with good contrast and sharp details, on laid paper, no watermark, trimmed at the platemark or with very narrow margins, in very good conditions.
This print derives from Durer's engraving bearing the same name, of which this work is a mirror-image.
Ex collection J. H. von HEFNER ALTENECK (1811-1903).
Literature
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Bartsch VIII.506.1; Hollstein 1, II/III.
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Hieronimus HOPFER (Ausburg 1500 ca. - Nurenberg 1536)
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German family of etchers. In 1497 Daniel Hopfer married Justina Grimm, sister of the publisher and humanist Sigismund Grimm. Daniel’s sons Hieronymus Hopfer and Lambert Hopfer worked with him. Daniel produced more than 130 prints of various subjects for the popular market, Hieronymus 77 and Lambert 34. They placed their initials somewhere within the design on almost all of their prints (D.H., I.H., L.H.), adding a small device which might be a pinecone, from the coat of arms of the city of Augsburg, or a hop blossom, making a punning reference to the family name.
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Literature
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Bartsch VIII.506.1; Hollstein 1, II/III.
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Hieronimus HOPFER (Ausburg 1500 ca. - Nurenberg 1536)
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German family of etchers. In 1497 Daniel Hopfer married Justina Grimm, sister of the publisher and humanist Sigismund Grimm. Daniel’s sons Hieronymus Hopfer and Lambert Hopfer worked with him. Daniel produced more than 130 prints of various subjects for the popular market, Hieronymus 77 and Lambert 34. They placed their initials somewhere within the design on almost all of their prints (D.H., I.H., L.H.), adding a small device which might be a pinecone, from the coat of arms of the city of Augsburg, or a hop blossom, making a punning reference to the family name.
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