H. Christoffel, Wenceslaus Hollar, after Albrecht Dürer, 1642

Title(s)

H. Christoffel
Sanctus Cristoferus (title on object)
Religieuze voorstellingen (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-11.143

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein German (Hollar) 362
• Pennington 158

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

De heilige Christoffel lopend met het Christuskind op zijn schouder.

Artist

• print maker: Wenceslaus Hollar (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Albrecht Dürer (mentioned on object)

Place

London

Dating

1642

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 79 mm × width 59 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

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Wenceslaus Hollar, Giulia Bartrum, Simon Turner, dl. II, p. 54, cat.nr. 362
• A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677, p. 19-20, cat.nr. 158