Drawings

Saint Christopher

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1866
Accession number: 2000.5.1550.58
Makers: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898); Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Dimensions: 7 x 3 3/4 in. (17.8 x 9.5 cm.) book: 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (23.5 x 19.1 cm.)
Medium: ink and graphite on tracing paper
Description: Tracing. Figure of St. Christopher, bearded, wading through river with help of large staff, the Christ child riding on his shoulders. Behind him, to the left, a figure stands waving on the bank, a house on a hill beyond. At the lower left, a stone displays 1521/ AD
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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