1513
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Illustration to proverbs XI (The Hoarders of Grain) is a 1513 by Daniel Hopfer, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This black-and-white etching shows a chaotic crowd of people hoarding barrels and sacks of grain. In the center, a woman sits on the ground surrounded by containers, while others push and grab around her. At the top left, a strange winged figure with a crown looms over the scene, holding a scroll. The background has a small town with buildings and a tower. The text at the top is in German and references a biblical proverb about storing grain. The scene looks like a warning about greed and scarcity. If you like this, check out The Cleveland Museum of Art for more prints like it.
Daniel Hopfer (c. 1470 – 1536) was a German artist who is widely believed to have been the first to use etching in printmaking, at the end of the 15th century. He also worked in woodcut. Although his etchings were…
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