Heilige Christoffel A modern copy of a copper plate from the beginning of the 16th century. Medallion with St. Christopher carrying the Christ Child wears on his back, wading through the river. On the shore the hermit with a lantern. From the rear side of the plate there is also a printing, at the same time with Christoffel. Manufacturer : print maker: anonymously to print by: Monogrammist HS (Germany) Place manufacture: Germany Date: 1550 - 1600 Physical characteristics: engra material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) Dimensions: plate edge : h 67 mm (jagged edges) × b mmToelichting
Heilige Christoffel A modern copy of a copper plate from the beginning of the 16th century. Medallion with St. Christopher carrying the Christ Child wears on his back, wading through the river. On the shore the hermit with a lantern. From the rear side of the plate there is also a printing, at the same time with Christoffel. Manufacturer : print maker: anonymously to print by: Monogrammist HS (Germany) Place manufacture: Germany Date: 1550 - 1600 Physical characteristics: engra material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) Dimensions: plate edge : h 67 mm (jagged edges) × b mmToelichtingPlaat 64 is located in the Municipal Musuem in Halle. The originals of Monogrammist HS can be found in the Kupferstichkabinett in Dresden. Copy to mirror a picture of Monogrammist HS. Subject: St. Christopher with the infant Christ on his shoulders, wading through the water and carrying his staff (palm-tree); sometimes a hermit stands Further on the bench beside a chapel, a lantern in his hand and right
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