Saint Christopher

1513

Albrecht Altdorfer

Associated Names
Albrecht Altdorfer

Artist, German, 1480 or before - 1538

This print shows two people, one adult and one child. The adult is crouched down, using a long staff or tree branch for support, their body slightly turned to the right. This person has a rugged appearance with long, disheveled hair, and they are wearing a heavy, draped cloak that billows out behind them. The child appears to be seated on the adult’s shoulders, pointing downward with one finger. They have short hair and closely fitted clothing. The background features leafy foliage and a large tree on the right, with distant buildings visible. The background is off-white paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to block): 16.7 × 12.2 cm (6 9/16 × 4 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.372

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. w. 56

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Hollstein & Puppel, Berlin, auction XLIII, April 29-30. 1930, lot 37); (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. 24.

1993

  • Wood, Christopher S. Albrecht Altdorfer and the Origins of Landscape. London, 1993: 249, fig. 183. (Revised edition, London, 2014: 290, 292 fig. 183.)

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Albrecht Aldorfer, Ursula Mielke, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. w. 56.

Wikidata ID

Q64952506

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