Hieronymus Hopfer
Hieronymus Hopfer (* around 1500 in Augsburg , † after 1550 in Nuremberg ) was a German etcher and gun etcher .
He was born around 1500 as the second son of Daniel Hopfer, who worked in the same trade in Augsburg . Only a few biographical data are known, in 1529 the Augsburg council allowed him to go to Nuremberg for a year, in 1531 Hopfer completely gave up his traditional citizenship and after 1550 he died in Nuremberg.
The works that he has made known are mainly copies of woodcuts and copperplate engravings by German (Dürer, Cranach) and Italian (Barberi, Campagnola , Mantegna ) artists, as well as etchings based on medals and reliefs.
The etched iron etching with the bust portrait of Emperor Charles V shows with its ornamental background the technical and artistic roots of his work: the etched, surface-filling decorations on splendid armor and other luxury weapons, popular in the Renaissance.
literature
- Welt im Umbruch , exhibition catalog Augsburg 1980, vol. 1, p. 137 and vol. 2, p. 251.
- Pauli, Gustav: Incunabula of the German and Dutch etching , Berlin 1908.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hopfer, Hieronymus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German gun etchers and erasers |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1500 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | augsburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1550 |
| Place of death | Nuremberg |