Cleveland Museum of Art
St. Christopher, Facing to the Left
Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-91cf98b472c5
- Date
- 1521
- Medium
- engraving
- Culture
- Germany
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 135075
From LinkedCulture
This tiny engraving fits in your palm, yet it carries the weight of a giant. Albrecht Dürer's 1521 Saint Christopher shows the massive saint bent under the Christ Child, staff planted in churning water while a windmill and rolling hills fade into the distance behind him. Dense crosshatching carves out every muscle and ripple with almost sculptural force. It stands as one of Dürer's final masterworks, proof of his unmatched command of line near the very end of his life.
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A man holding a child on his shoulders, standing near a tree with a staff beside him.
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- Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.
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