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St Christopher Carrying the Christ Child on his Shoulders St Christopher Carrying the Christ Child on his Shoulders

St Christopher Carrying the Christ Child on his Shoulders

Albrecht Altdorfer

Art Funded
1925
Dimensions
27.2 x 15.5 cm
Presented by
Granville Tyser through The Art Fund
Albrecht Altdorfer, a German printmaker and painter depicts one of his favourite themes in this piece.

Unusually, this sheet depicts the Saint from the rear steering his way across the river as he bears the burden of the Christ Child. This drawing is notable for its fluency and elegance especially in the white highlights that delineate the Saint's staff and billowing folds of his drapery. Altdorfer was a leading figure of the Danube school of artists and is best known for his pioneering achievements in landscape.

Pen & Indian ink on dark brown prepared paper, heightened with white

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