Emperor Charles V

1520 (or 1521?); printed 1684

David Funck

Publisher, German, 1642 - 1709

Daniel Hopfer

Artist, German, c. 1470 - 1536

Hieronymus Hopfer

Artist, German, active c. 1520 - 1550 or after

Daniel Hopfer and Hieronymus Hopfer

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching (iron) with open biting

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 22.4 x 15.7 cm (8 13/16 x 6 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5081

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 63, State ii/ii


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1971

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Saint John's College, Santa Fe, NM, 1971, no catalogue.

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, Fredericksburg, VA, 1971, no. 39, repro.

2000

  • The Power of Appearances: Renaissance and Reformation Portrait Prints and Medals, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover; The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, 2000-2001.

2012

  • Imperial Augsburg: Renaissance Prints and Drawings, 1475-1540, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX; Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2012-2014, no. 97.

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. Amsterdam: A.L. van Gendt, 1986; Vol. XV (under Hieronymus Hopfer), no. 63, ii/ii.

2009

  • Metzger, Christof. Daniel Hopfer: ein Augsburger Meister der Renaissance : Eisenradierungen, Holzschnitte, Zeichnungen, Waffenätzungen. München: Staatliche Graphische Sammlung; Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2009, no. 95, iii/iii.

Inscriptions

below image, in plate: CAROLVS·VON·GOTS·GNAD·REMISCH· / KING·ERWELTER·KAISER·KING·ZVO· / HISSPANIA·VND·BAIDER·SICILEN·ECZ· / ERCZHERZOG·ZVO·OSTERREICH·HERCZ / OG·VON·BVRGVUND·BRABANT·ECZ·GRA / F·ZVO·FLANDER·TIROL·ECZ·I [family pine cone symbol]·H·M·D·XX [I?]

Watermarks

MS with horn

Wikidata ID

Q65019439


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