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Saint Christopher
Lucas Cranach, the Elder (German, 1472–1553)
German
about 1509
Medium/Technique
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from two blocks
Dimensions
Other (woodcut border): 28 x 18.9 cm (11 x 7 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP1609
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch (relief) 058; Hollstein 79, i
State
I
Description
Signed
Upper left, in block: signed and dated on tablet hanging from tree: LC / [winged serpent] / 1506 [the 5 backwards]
Marks
Verso, in red, the collector's mark of Henry F. Sewall (Lugt 1309);
Verso, in purple, the collection stamp of the MFA's Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870; with accession number in ink: 1609)
Verso, in purple, the collection stamp of the MFA's Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870; with accession number in ink: 1609)
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall (b. 1848 - d. 1898); 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see note]. (Acquisition Date: October 21, 1897)
NOTE: Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized in 1897, one year after his death.
NOTE: Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized in 1897, one year after his death.