Saint Christopher, 1803

Title

Saint Christopher

Draughtsman

• Clemens Aloys Hohwiesner

Inventor

• after Albrecht Dürer

Period Produced

• 19th century
• 16th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing

Geographic Reference

• German
• Franconian

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• study after a woodcut
• tracing
• pen work

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet oben links (mit der Feder in Schwarz): AD 1525

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Persons Shown

• Christopher (saint)

Primary

• 11H(CHRISTOPHER)51 St. Christopher, with the infant Christ on his shoulders, wading through the water and carrying his staff (palm-tree); sometimes a hermit stands on the further bank beside a chapel, a lantern in his hand