Ornamental Design for Coffered Ceiling

1520s; printed 1684

Daniel Hopfer

Associated Names
Daniel Hopfer

Artist, German, c. 1470 - 1536

David Funck

Publisher, German, 1642 - 1709

The image displays a grid-like pattern made up of interlocking squares and rectangles with detailed linework. The arrangement features symmetrical floral motifs within each square, with central squares highlighting floral designs resembling blooming flowers or rosettes. The surrounding shapes include stylized vine or leaf patterns, all intricately connected.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.4 × 15.6 cm (8 13/16 × 6 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 23.6 × 16.8 cm (9 5/16 × 6 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1979.44.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 105, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Leonard Baskin (1922-2000), Lurley, Devon and Leeds, MA [Lugt 4473]; (P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London); purchased 1979 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. Amsterdam: A.L. van Gendt, 1986; Vol. XV, 105, 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. 147, ii/iii.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, at lower left: 124; in plate, at lower center: D.H.; at lower left in graphite in later hand: X[?] 490 [?] 18-; verso: at top center in brown ink in later hand: 1095.; at top center in graphite in later hand: Hopfer / 26 523083a [upsidedown]; at lower left in graphite in later hand: B94 / B.94; at lower left in graphite in later hand: Frink [?] 98 R 20 [upsidedown];

Markings

recto: none; verso: Leonard Baskin (Lugt 4473)

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65567445

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