Saint Christopher [recto]

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).

Saint Christopher [recto]

French 15th Century

c. 1450/1470

Accession Number

1943.3.840.a

Medium

woodcut, hand-colored in brown and yellow on laid paper

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.)

Classification

Print

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection