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Ascending Ornament

1520-1550; printed 1684

Lambert Hopfer

Associated Names

Lambert Hopfer

Artist, German, active first half 16th century

David Funck

Publisher, German, 1642 - 1709

This is a drawing of an elaborate ornamental design. The design is highly detailed and symmetrical, featuring intertwining floral motifs, leafy patterns, and scrolling vines. The artwork shows Renaissance-style decoration with roundels containing faces and possibly grotesques or cherubic figures riding fantastical creatures like decorative horses. At the center, the name "Lambrecht Hopfer" is inscribed.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1943.3.4648
Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 37, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1949

Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. Amsterdam: A.L. van Gendt, 1986; Vol. XVA, no. 37, ii/iii.

Wikidata ID

Q64959821

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