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Saint Christopher, c. 1509. Chiaroscuro woodcut in black with tone block printed in gray-brown, on ivory laid paper.
Chiaroscuro woodcut in black with tone block printed in gray-brown, on ivory laid paper · Sheet: 29.2 × 21 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Saint Christopher
- Artist
- Lucas Cranach the Elder German, 1472-1553
- Date
- c. 1509
- Medium
- Chiaroscuro woodcut in black with tone block printed in gray-brown, on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 29.2 × 21 cm (11 1/2 × 8 5/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Bequest of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1472–1553
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.