Saint Christopher [recto]

French 15th Centuryc. 1450/1470

Details

Title: Saint Christopher [recto]
Creator: French 15th Century
Date Created: c. 1450/1470
Physical Dimensions: sheet (irregular fragment): 14.1 x 9.9 cm (5 9/16 x 3 7/8 in.) overall (external frame dimensions): 31.8 x 25.4 cm (12 1/2 x 10 in.)
Provenance: Martin Aufhäuser [1875-1944], Munich, Holland, and Los Angeles; [1] Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943. [1] For more information on Aufhäuser's collection, see Gallery Archives, National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Papers, Box 9; Lessing J. Rosenwald, _Recollections of a Collector_, Jenkintown, Pa, 1976, pp. 14-18, and Richard S. Field, _Fifteenth Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts_, Washington, D.C., 1965, Preface (np).
Rights: CC0
Medium: woodcut, hand-colored in brown and yellow

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