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Saint Christopher

c. 1460

Master of the Dutuit Mount of Olives

Associated Names

Master of the Dutuit Mount of Olives

Artist, German, active c. 1450/1470

The image shows two figures in a medieval-style illustration. The larger figure is carrying the smaller figure on their shoulders. The larger figure has a beard and wears a draped garment with blue and gold fabric, while the smaller figure holds a globe with a cross on top and has short hair and a halo. Both figures are surrounded by a decorative frame with floral and vine patterns in green and red, against a parchment-like background. The larger figure holds a staff and they are moving through a wavy pattern suggestive of flowing water.

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Artwork overview

Medium

hand-colored engraving on vellum
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Dimensions

plate: 6.7 × 4.5 cm (2 5/8 × 1 3/4 in.)
sheet: 9.1 × 6.6 cm (3 9/16 × 2 5/8 in.)
Accession Number

1948.11.9
Catalogue Raisonné

Lehrs, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(William Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1948; gift to NGA, 1948.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Exhibition History

1955

Art of the Medieval Period, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 1955, no catalogue.

1967

Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 28, repro.

Bibliography

1908

Lehrs, Max. Geschichte und kritischer Katalog des deutschen, niederlandischen und franzosischen Kupferstichs im XV. Jahrhundert. 9 vols. and 1 plate vol. Vienna: Gesellschaft fur vervielfaltigende Kunst, 1908-1934.

1967

Shestack, Alan. Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1967: no. 28.

Wikidata ID

Q65081221

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