Saint Christopher Facing Right

1521

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image shows an older man standing in water, holding a staff for support with a child on his shoulder. The man has a beard and curly hair, wearing layered clothing and a rope around his waist. The child has curly hair and a radiant light behind their head. In the background, another figure in robes is walking on a path with a staff and flaming torch. A building, possibly a church, is visible amid trees, with hills and water in the background. The central figures are illuminated by the sun.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 12 × 7.7 cm (4 3/4 × 3 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3560

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 52

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lawson Thompson [1837-1919], Hitchin (Hertfordshire, England) (Lugt 1770); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1929

  • Engravings by Albrecht Durer from the collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald of Philadelphia, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1929, no. 9.

1931

  • Five Centuries of Print Making, The Print Club of Philadelphia, 1931, no. 17, repro.

Bibliography

1932

  • Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog; ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna: Verlag Gilhofer und Ranschburg, 1932. Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 1: no. 94.

Inscriptions

in plate, bottom left, on stone: 1521 / AD [artist's monogram]; verso, center, in brown ink by a later hand: [quote from Vasari]; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: C.5835 (1/2); verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: K 2320 / C 5821

Watermarks

none visible

Wikidata ID

Q64952695

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