Saint Christopher

Title

Saint Christopher

Draughtsman

• Hans Fries ?

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Late Middle Ages
• Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• opaque white
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• white heightening
• primary coat

Geographic Reference

• Swiss

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Nicht bezeichnet

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1918

Genre

• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Persons Shown

• Christ Child
• 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