Heilige Christoffel, Albrecht Altdorfer, c. 1506 - 1538

Title(s)

Heilige Christoffel

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-2942

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein German (Altdorfer) e.20
• The Illustrated Bartsch 19

Inscriptions / marks

• number: ‘39’

Description

De heilige Christoffel wadend door de rivier met het Christuskind op zijn schouders.

Artist

• print maker: Albrecht Altdorfer (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Albrecht Altdorfer

Place

Germany

Dating

c. 1506 - 1538

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 64 mm × width 58 mm

What

• 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

Acquisition

transfer 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Albrecht and Erhard Altdorfer, p. 27, cat.nr. e.20