PrintsGerman16th century

Saint Christopher Carrying the Christ Child

16th century

Artists

Albrecht AltdorferArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Culture

German

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

sheet: 6.4 × 5.9 cm (2 1/2 × 2 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Francis Calley Gray, bequest; to William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857

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