The Virgin Mary Taking Leave of Christ
c. 1520
Artist, German, c. 1470 - 1536
Daniel Hopfer

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching (iron), plate bitten twice, on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 29.2 x 22 cm (11 1/2 x 8 11/16 in.)
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Accession Number
2011.103.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein, no. 13, State i/iii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(sale, Christie's London, 21 September 2011, no. 15; not sold); (Christopher Mendez, London); purchased 2011 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
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. 26.
Bibliography
1949
Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. Amsterdam: A.L. van Gendt, 1986; Vol. XV, no. 13, i/iii
2009
Metzger, Christof. Daniel Hopfer: ein Augsburger Meister der Renaissance : Eisenradierungen, Holzschnitte, Zeichnungen, Waffenätzungen. München: Staatliche Graphische Sammlung; Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2009, no. 16, i/iv.
2012
Kennicott, Philip. "The Passion of the Renaissance, via Germany." Washington Post 135, no. 300 (September 30, 2012): E5, repro.
Inscriptions
lower left in image: D.H
Watermarks
high crown
Wikidata ID
Q76560425