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Not currently on display at the V&A
On short term loan out for exhibition

Print

ca. 1520 (etched), late 17th century (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Death and the Devil attack two women who are looking in a hand-held mirror. Death holds a skull and an hour glass. Another demon stands on the Devil's head brandishing a spear and another flies above the women. The women are expensively dressed in contemporary costume, head-dresses and jewellery and stand in front of a dressing table with bottles and pots.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Etching on paper
Brief description
Death and the Devil attacking two women who are looking in a mirror by Daniel Hopfer (ca 1470-1536); etching
Physical description
Death and the Devil attack two women who are looking in a hand-held mirror. Death holds a skull and an hour glass. Another demon stands on the Devil's head brandishing a spear and another flies above the women. The women are expensively dressed in contemporary costume, head-dresses and jewellery and stand in front of a dressing table with bottles and pots.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.4cm
  • Width: 22.7cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
  • D.H. (Signed on the plate)
  • 118 (inscribed on the plate)
Object history
Plate subsequently owned by David Funck, a Nuremberg bookseller (1642-1705) and distant relative of Daniel Hopfer, who numbered the plates and reprinted these under the title Operae Hopferianae
Production
David Funck, who live din Nuremberg, acquired Daniel Hopfer's etched plates after his death, adding a number to each plate
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Funck, David. Operae Hopferianae. Nuremberg.
Other number
118 - Funck number
Collection
Accession number
E.871-1885

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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