The Virgin Mary Taking Leave of Christ

c. 1520

Daniel Hopfer

Associated Names
Daniel Hopfer

Artist, German, c. 1470 - 1536

This is a drawing of a group of figures gathered around an infant in an architectural setting. The image shows individuals in robes surrounding an infant held by a central figure. In the background, an architectural archway frames the scene. Details include fabric folds, hair, and facial expressions. The engraving technique features fine lines and intricate detail, creating contrast and depth in the characters and architecture. A dog is also present at the feet of the figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching (iron), plate bitten twice, on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 29.2 x 22 cm (11 1/2 x 8 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.103.1

  • 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

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