Daniel Hopfer was a German artist who is widely believed to have been the first to use etching in printmaking, at the end of the 15th century. He also worked in woodcut.
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Martin Luther by Hopfer 1523, Martin Luther's House, Wittenberg
Daniel Hopfer: Gib Frid - three old women beating a devil on the ground. Before the Funck number
Hieronymus Hopfer: Three ornate vessels, probably a model for goldsmiths. With the Funck number, lower right: "68"
Daniel Hopfer: Mary with Jesus, an example of the "Hopfer style". Note the Funck number lower left: "133".
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About this person
Daniel Hopfer was a German artist who is widely believed to have been the first to use etching in printmaking, at the end of the 15th century. He also worked in woodcut. Although his etchings were widely ignored by art historians for years, more recent scholarship is crediting him and his work with "single-handedly establishing the salability of etchings" and introducing the print publisher business model.
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GermanyCategory
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1470 to 1536 · aged 66
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