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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.214
People
Hieronymus Hopfer, German (Augsburg 1505/06 - 1563 Nuremburg)
Daniel Hopfer, German (Kaufbeuren 1471 - 1536 Augsburg)
Published by Wolfgang Kilian, German (1581 - 1662)
Title
Portrait of Emperor Charles V
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1521
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/342249

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Iron plate etching on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
cut to plate: 22.5 x 15.3 cm (8 7/8 x 6 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: Double shield with the initials VD: the coat of arms of Abbot Nagel (reigned 1620-1637), of the monastery and paper mill of Thierhaupten, near Augsburg (Metzger, p. 539, ill.)
    VD refers to the initials of the papermaker Urban Dopfer (active 1614-1623).
  • inscription: verso, center left, in graphite: Hopfer / B58
  • inscription: verso, center, in graphite: C.B.
  • inscription: verso, lower center, in graphite: bleu clair
  • inscription: verso, bottom center, in brown or black ink: av
  • inscription: verso, lower right, in graphite: APG15905
  • inscription: verso, lower right corner, in graphite: hllol / 21658

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[C. & J. Goodfriend, New York to]; Rose-Helen and Goodwin Breinin, New York, 2003, to; [C.G. Boerner, Düsseldorf, New York, 2012] to; Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, 2012.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
Bartsch (Hieronymus Hopfer) 58; Hollstein (Hieronymus Hopfer) 63; Metzger 95

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
Accession Year
2012
Object Number
2012.214
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • The Breinin Collection: from Schongauer to Picasso, auct. cat., no. 9, reproduced

Verification Level

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