St. Christopher with the Baby Jesus; panel painting
1518-25
Pine, tempera, oil (?)
71.5 x 39 cm
Inv. 55.395
The saint is carrying the Baby Jesus on his shoulders. One of Jesus’ hands is raised in blessing while the other clutches Christopher’s red hair. Christopher holds on to a tree trunk as he crosses the water. The editors of the archive at lucascranach.org have dated the image to 1518-25 and attributed it to the workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder.
Provenance:
Ipolyi Collection. ‘No number. Saint Christopher the Great with little Jesus. In the German painterly style of the first third of the 16th c. Panel.’ (Lakatos-Balla 292)
Bibliography
Bihar-vármegye 1898, 224. – Lepold-Homor-1924, 97. – Gerevich-1928, 246. – Gerevich-1930, 95. – Genthon-1948, 113. – Czobor-1955, 13. – Mojzer-1958, 15. – Boskovits-Mojzer-Mucsi-1964, 171. – Mucsi-1975, 27. – lucascranach.org(2017.03.28).- Lakatos-Balla-2012, 292
Provenance:
Ipolyi Collection. ‘No number. Saint Christopher the Great with little Jesus. In the German painterly style of the first third of the 16th c. Panel.’ (Lakatos-Balla 292)
Bibliography
Bihar-vármegye 1898, 224. – Lepold-Homor-1924, 97. – Gerevich-1928, 246. – Gerevich-1930, 95. – Genthon-1948, 113. – Czobor-1955, 13. – Mojzer-1958, 15. – Boskovits-Mojzer-Mucsi-1964, 171. – Mucsi-1975, 27. – lucascranach.org(2017.03.28).- Lakatos-Balla-2012, 292
