Saint Christopher Carrying the Christ Child

c. 1409

Limbourg Brothers

Artist, Netherlandish, active 1406 - 1416

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    miniature on vellum

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 20.6 x 14.9 cm (8 1/8 x 5 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1946.21.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    NGA Miniatures 1975, no. 39

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1931

  • Mittelalterliche Miniaturen, J. Rosenthal, Munich, 1931, no. 20.

1947

  • The Art of France in Prints and Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1947, no cat.

1949

  • Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, 1948, no. 78.

1953

  • Mediaeval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts, Los Angeles County Museum, 1953-1954, no. 51., repro.

1955

  • Miniatures and Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1955, no cat.

1956

  • Masterpieces of Graphic Art from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1956, no cat.

1957

  • Illuminated Manuscript Pages from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1957-1958, no cat.

1960

  • Manuscript Illuminations, XIIth-XVth Century from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1960-1961, no cat.

1962

  • The Saints in Prints and Illuminations from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 1962-1963.

  • The International Style: The Arts in Europe around 1400, Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD, 1962, no. 56, repro.

1963

  • Pages from Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts from the Xth to the early XVIth centuries, University of California Art Gallery, Berkeley, 1963, no. 38, repro.

1965

  • Rosenwald Miniatures, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, no cat.

1971

  • A Selection of X-Xv Century Medieval Miniatures from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, 1971, no. 32, repro.

1972

  • Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, TX, 1972.

1975

  • Medieval and Renaissance Miniatures from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1975, no. 39, repro.

2005

  • The Limbourg Brothers: Nijmegen Masters at the French Court, 1400-1416, Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2005, no. 106, repro.

2009

  • Heaven on Earth: Manuscript Illuminations from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2009, no cat.

2017

  • Johan Maelwael: Nijmegen-Paris-Dijon, Art Around 1400, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2017, no. 37, repro.

Bibliography

1975

  • National Gallery of Art. Medieval and Renaissance Miniatures from the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1975: no. 39.

2005

  • Dückers, Rob, Pieter Roelofs. The Limbourg Brothers: Nijmegen Masters at the French Court, 1400-1416. Antwerp, 2005:380, no. 106.

Wikidata ID

Q64593226

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