Saint Christopher

c. 1480/1490

Israhel van Meckenem after Master of the Housebook

Associated Names
Israhel van Meckenem

Artist, German, c. 1445 - 1503

Master of the Housebook

Artist After, German, active c. 1470 - 1500

The image shows two figures, one carrying the other on their back. The person in the front has long, wavy hair and is using a long wooden staff to move through water. They wear a loose knee-length tunic with a belt. The person in the back seems to be a child with short, curly hair and a halo-like glow around their head. The child holds a globe topped with a cross in one hand and has a serene expression. Draped fabric swirls around them both, and in the background, there are rocky formations, sparse foliage, and ducks swimming on the water.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1946.21.143

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lehrs, Vol. 9, p.272, no. 328, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Eldridge R. Johnson [1867-1945], Moorestown, NJ; (his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 3 April 1946, no. 61); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1946; gift to NGA, 1946.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1967

  • Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 209, 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.

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

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. 209.

Watermarks

chalice (close to Briquet 4587, 4589)

Wikidata ID

Q65073777

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