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St. Christopher

St. Christopher

Artist/Maker (German, active 1500–1503)
Dateca. 1503
MediumEngraving
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 7 3/8 × 5 1/16 in. (18.7 × 12.9 cm)
Credit LineR. T. Miller Jr. Fund
Object number1949.18
Status
Not on view
More Information
This print depicts St. Christopher, whose story was popularized in Jacobus de Voragine's Golden Legend. While living in the vicinity of a river, St. Christopher spent his time transporting travelers from one side of the water to the other. One night, when transporting a child across the river, the water became violent and the child on his back became increasingly heavier. After reaching the opposite side, the child revealed that he was Christ. This representation of the saint show him in the middle of this legendary river, with the mysterious child on his back.
ProvenanceHerman Weber [1817-1854], Bonn (L. 1383). Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg [1805-1865], Klein-Oels, Silesie (L. 2669). (Richard Zinser [1884-1984], New York); purchased 1949 by Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
Print Council Exhibition: Selections from the Prints and Drawings Collection at the Allen Memorial Art Museum
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (May 5, 1988 - June 5, 1988 )
Printing Practice: Religious Prints from the Renaissance
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 6, 2012 - December 23, 2012 )
Collections
  • European
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