Albrecht Dürer

1471–1528
Germany

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Images of Saints, Saint Christopher

ST. CHRISTOPHER FACING TO THE RIGHT

1521

Story:

"The Golden Legend" ("Legenda Aurea")

Monogram and date 1521

Copperplate engraving

118×74 mm

Handbooks:

B. VII, 52; M. 52; С. 94; TIB. X, 052

Impression in the Museum collections

First half of the 16^th century

No watermark

Provenance:

N. Mosolov’s collection;
N. Basnin’s collection;
Rumyantsev Museum since 1918;
in the Museum since 1924

Inv. Г-5224

Comments:

one of the early impressions, brownish, with scratches of St. Christopher's hand and hip (М. 52, b)

Other impressions in the Museum collections:

Inv. Г-3006, on paper without watermarks. The impression is grey, thinner, than Inv. Г-5224