Emperor Charles V

c. 1519

Daniel Hopfer

Associated Names
Daniel Hopfer

Artist, German, c. 1470 - 1536

The image is an engraving with a profile portrait of a man facing left. The man has a prominent nose, slightly parted lips, medium-length straight hair, and a cap with a leafy motif. He wears ornate clothing with a luxurious collar. Surrounding the portrait is a circular frame with the inscription "CAROLVS REX CATHOLICVS." The background features an elaborate decorative border with patterns, cherubs, mythical creatures, and foliate designs.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching (iron), with open biting, plate bitten twice

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 22.8 x 15.8 cm (9 x 6 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1945.5.80

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 89, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1953

  • Renaissance Portraits, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA, 1953, no. 68 on checklist.

1956

  • Life and Lives in the Renaissance, Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach, FL; and Columbia Museum of Art, SC, 1956, no. 40.

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. 96, repro. detail, p.118.

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. Amsterdam: A.L. van Gendt, 1986; Vol. XV, 89, i/ii.

2009

  • Metzger, Christof. Daniel Hopfer: ein Augsburger Meister der Renaissance : Eisenradierungen, Holzschnitte, Zeichnungen, Waffenätzungen. München: Staatliche Graphische Sammlung; Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2009, no. 94, i/iv.

Wikidata ID

Q65019462

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