PrintsGerman16th century

Saint Christopher Facing Left

1521

Artists

Albrecht DürerArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Medium

Engraving on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

German

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

sheet: 12 × 7.8 cm (4 3/4 × 3 1/16 in.) overall: 14.2 × 10.3 cm (5 9/16 × 4 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Unidentified collectors (marks not in Lugt). [Hill-Stone, New York], sold; to Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, 2011, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

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