Saint Christopher

c. 1515/1520

Albrecht Altdorfer

Artist, German, 1480 or before - 1538

Albrecht Altdorfer

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 6.3 × 5.9 cm (2 1/2 × 2 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.401

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. e. 20, State only


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA, 1930; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1963

  • Winzinger, Franz. Albrecht Altdorfer, Graphik: Holzschnitte, Kupferstiche, Radierungen. Munich: R.Piper and Co., 1963, no. 124, d.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Albrecht Aldorfer, Ursula Mielke, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. e. 20, state only.

Markings

recto, lower right corner: [fragment of an unidentified collector's stamp]

Wikidata ID

Q64952537

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