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Print, Ornamental Candelabrum

This is a Print. It was created by Daniel Hopfer. It is dated 1520 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is etching on white laid paper, lined. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

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Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 30 × 12.5 cm (11 13/16 × 4 15/16 in.) Platemark: 27.2 x 10 cm (10 11/16 x 3 15/16 in.) Mat: 31.1 × 15.1 cm (12 1/4 × 5 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Engraved in plate, upper right: 3 Engraved in plate, lower center: DH / 8 Inscribed in plate by later hand, (identified in l944 by Richard Wunder as David Funck), bottom center: 8

Cite this object as

Print, Ornamental Candelabrum; Daniel Hopfer (German, 1470 - 1536); Germany; etching on white laid paper, lined; H x W x D: 30 × 12.5 cm (11 13/16 × 4 15/16 in.) Platemark: 27.2 x 10 cm (10 11/16 x 3 15/16 in.) Mat: 31.1 × 15.1 cm (12 1/4 × 5 15/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-25

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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