Hieronymus Hopfer

(Augsburg c.1500-1563 Nuremberg)
Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam, after Quentin Matsys(?), c. 1546/1555, iron etching, monogrammed I. H. in the plate, on laid paper with watermark "snake with staff and lily", 21,6 x 15,6 cm, trimmed along and partly within platemarks, Hollstein 67 II (of III), with the Funck-number 70 at lower left, this one scratched out, mounted, framed, (Sch)
Provenance:
Private collection, South Germany

Splendid and vigorous impression of the Funck-edition, Nuremberg c. 1686-1700. Browned and some foxing, but in a very good condition.