St. Christopher Facing to the Right
Albrecht Dürer · 1521 · Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
St. Christopher Facing to the Right is a public-domain illustration by Albrecht Dürer, dated 1521. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“St. Christopher Facing to the Right” (1521) is the kind of engraving or woodcut Dürer sent across Europe, modeling form with line rather than with a wash of color.
About the artist
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) was a German painter and printmaker in Nuremberg. His engravings and woodcuts circulated across Europe and taught other artists his way of modeling with line.
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