The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 13, 2025
The Calvary
c. 1520
(German, c. 1470–1536)
Catalogue raisonné: Hollstein XV.54.19
Location: Not on view
Description
Although recipes for etching iron and steel are recorded at least as early as 1400, scholars have been unable to show that armor designs were etched in Italy or Germany before the end of the 15th century. As early as 1500 iron plates were also used to make prints, probably first in Augsburg, Germany, in the workshop of Daniel Hopfer. Etching allows the artist to draw freely on the plate and so is less laborious than engraving. Because of the acid then available, only iron or steel plates could be used and these rusted. For this reason only a small number of etchings were made (including six by Albrecht Dürer) until about 1550, when the technical difficulties of using copper plates had been overcome.- From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg: Recently Acquired Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17-November 26, 2000).Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; September 17 - November 26, 2000. "From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg: Recently Acquired Prints."
- {{cite web|title=The Calvary|url=false|author=Daniel Hopfer|year=c. 1520|access-date=13 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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