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Saint Christopher carrying the baby Jesus

Lost Art-ID

16862

Artist / Creator

Dürer, Albrecht

Birth

1471.05.21, Nürnberg

Death

1528.04.06 / 1528.04.26, Nürnberg

Place of activity

Basel; Straßburg; Nürnberg Erwähnungsland: Italien; Niederlande

Title

Saint Christopher carrying the baby Jesus

Object type

Painting

Group of reported objects

Painting

Material / Technique

Oil ; Panel (Fir) / painted

Height

46.90 cm

Width

38.10 cm

Inventory number

Description

Trotz gelegentlich geäußerter Bedenken wird das kleinformatige Gemälde mit dem Heiligen Christophorus überwiegend dem Frühwerk Dürers (noch vor 1493-1500) zugeordnet. Henriette Amalie Prinzessin von Anhalt-Dessau (1720-1793) erwarb die Tafel bereits als ein Werk Dürers. (Maßangabe evtl. auch 47 x 38 cm.; Signatur: An der Rückseite mit Brandstempel SL (3x) versehen; Maße: 46,9 x 38,1 cm (47 x 38 cm)

Provenance

The paintings were removed to the forester's lodge in Reuden, Zerbst district. They belonged to paintings that were packed in two boxes in the forester's lodge. At the end of the war, the forester Ouvrier fled with his family. The house was looted by locals and evacuees, including some families of craftsmen from Berlin. The looters probably opened the boxes and removed the pictures from the frames. This was done skilfully. The frames and crates remained undamaged.

Storage site

Reuden (Zerbst)

Published since

2001