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Saint Christopher, Carrying the Infant Christ

Albrecht Altdorfer (German, about 1480–1538)
1513

Medium/Technique Woodcut
Dimensions Legacy dimension: 16.6 x 12.0 cm
Credit Line George Nixon Black Fund
Accession Number34.858
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints
Altdorfer's interpretation of St. Christopher carrying the Infant Christ (young, but heavy with the sins of the world) across a river is remarkable for its expressive calligraphic freedom of line.

Catalogue Raisonné New Hollstein w.056; Bartsch 053; Winzinger 24; D55
ProvenancePDP Register entry: Date acquired, 10/4/1934 Duplicate record