Saint Christopher

c. 1615

Orazio Borgianni

Associated Names
Orazio Borgianni

Artist, Roman, c. 1578 - 1616

The image shows a man standing with a forward-leaning posture. He has a muscular body, a beard, and short, curly hair. He is holding a staff and there is a child on his shoulder. The background includes a natural setting with water and rocky formations. The image has a decorative border with inscriptions at the bottom.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 38.4 x 28.9 cm (15 1/8 x 11 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1990.39.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 53

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate on stone: HB; lower right in plate: Horatius Borgiannus; across bottom in plate: [5 lines of inscription in 3 columns]; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: State / [undeciphered] / Oracio Borgani; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 1_1_[?]

Wikidata ID

Q74885060

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