Saint Christopher

1511

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image shows a man and a child. The man is using a long staff as he walks through shallow water. The man has a beard, wears a crown made of leaves, and a robe with a belt. The child sits on the man's shoulders. The background includes hills, a tree, and a second figure holding a lantern. The scene seems to be during the day.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to block): 21.2 × 21 cm (8 3/8 × 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3675

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 223

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Hollstein & Puppel, Berlin, April 1930); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1930; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2007

  • The Baroque Woodcut, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007 - 2008

Bibliography

1932

  • Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog; ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna: Verlag Gilhofer und Ranschburg, 1932. Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 2: no. 228.

Wikidata ID

Q18339679

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